Short-run evaluation of NExTWORK

Research report

September 2025

A new evaluation of NExTWORK shows that there are no clear short-term effects on the proportion of young people entering employment or education. However, those who do find jobs after participating in NExTWORK earn, on average, 12% more than their peers in the control group.

Written by Sonya Krutikova, Barra Roantree, and Imran Tahir, The Institute for Fiscal Studies

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