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Bridges into Work? An Evaluation of Local Exchange and Trading Schemes (LETS)

Williams, Colin C., Aldridge, Theresa, Lee, Roger, Leyshon, Andrew, Thrift, Nigel, Tooke, Jane·2001·Policy Studies
DOI 10.1080/01442870127252
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Recently, the policy community has been paying particular attention to Local Exchange and Trading Schemes (LETS) as potential bridges into work for the unemployed. Up until now, however, there has only been piecemeal evidence on whether LETS are effective in this regard. In this paper, therefore, the full results of the first comprehensive evaluation of LETS are reported. In order to feed into the 'evidence-based policy-making' process, we evaluate whether LETS are effective first, as bridges into employment, second, as bridges into self-employment and, third and finally, at building reciprocal exchange networks. Our finding is that although LETS provide an indirect bridge into employment by improving employability, they are most effective as seedbeds for the development of self-employed business ventures and as vehicles for facilitating exchange beyond employment. For LETS to become more effective bridges into work for a wider range of the unemployed, nevertheless, a number of barriers to participation need to be tackled. The paper concludes by outlining how this could be achieved.

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Authors
Williams, C. C., Aldridge, T., Lee, R., Leyshon, A., Thrift, N., & Tooke, J.
ORCID
Venue
Policy Studies
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2001-06
Volume
22
Issue
2
Pages
119-132
ISSN
  • 0144-2872 (ISSN-L)
  • 1470-1006
DOI
10.1080/01442870127252
OpenAlex
W1971534869
Cited by
155
References
29
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 25 · 2012: 5
FWCI
35.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Policy Studies (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Economic Solidarity
  • Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Social Sciences and Governance
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
Keywords
LETS, unemployed people, employment, self-employment, employability, barriers to participation, social economy, evidence-based policy

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