Overview

This collection of essays, from leading economic experts on the UK labour market, provides an overview of the key issues concerning the performance of the labour market, and the policy issues surrounding it, with a focus on the recent recession and its aftermath. The book contains assessments of the effects of many policies introduced over the last 10 years in employment, education, and welfare. The result is the first serious comprehensive analysis of the economic downturn and the Labour government's record in the field of employment, spanning its time in office. An indispensable reference source on contemporary labour market developments in the UK, this book will be required reading, and of lasting use, to academics, students, practitioners, and policy makers.

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Author:   Paul Gregg (Professor of Economics, University of Bristol and Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics) ,  Jonathan Wadsworth (Professor of Economics, Royal Holloway College, University of London; Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, CREAM UCL and IZA Bonn)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9780199587377

ISBN 10:   019958737
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   27 January 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

IntroductionPaul Gregg and Jonathan Wadsworth: Employment and Unemployment 1: Paul Gregg and Jonathan Wadsworth: The Labour Market in Winter - the 2008-2009 Recession 2: Paul Gregg and Jonathan Wadsworth: Unemployment and Inactivity 3: Antoine Goujard, Barbara Petrongolo and John Van Reenen: The Labour Market for Young People 4: Richard Disney, Anita Ratcliffe and Sarah Smith: The Baby-Boomers at 50: Employment Prospects for Older Workers 5: Paul Gregg and Jonathan Wadsworth: Workless Households 6: Stephen Nickell and Jumana Saleheen: Immigration in the UK 7: Paul Gregg, Giulia Faggio and Jonathan Wadsworth: Job Tenure and Job Turnover Job Quality 8: Francis Green: Job Quality in Britain under the Labour Government 9: Andrew E. Clark: Worker Well-Being in Booms and Busts 10: Jane Waldfogel: Family Friendly Policies Inequality 11: Stephen Machin: Changes in UK Wage Inequality over the Last Forty Years 12: Joanna K. Swaffield: Gender and the Labour Market 13: Jo Blanden and Lindsey Macmillan: Recent Developments in Intergenerational Mobility 14: Sandra McNally: Have Reforms to the School System Improved Educational Outcomes? 15: Christian Dustmann, Tommaso Frattini, Nikolaos Theodoropoulos: Ethnicity and Second Generation Immigrants 16: Richard Dickens: Child Poverty in Britain. Did Work Work? 17: Alex Bryson and John Forth: Trade Unions 18: Peter Dolton and Gerry Makepeace: Public and Private Sector Labour Markets 19: Peter Dolton, Chiara Rosazza-Bondibene and Jonathan Wadsworth: The Regional Labour Market in the UK

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these findings are interesting ... the chapter summaries are usually clear and succinct. Declan Trott, The Economic Record

these findings are interesting ... the chapter summaries are usually clear and succinct. * Declan Trott, The Economic Record * this book provides a wealth of empirical data which will interest anyone concerned with the UK labour market. * Del Roy Fletcher, People, Place & Policy Online *

Author Information

Paul Gregg recently completed a review of Personalised Support and Conditionality in the Welfare System for the UK Dept. of Work and Pensions. He is also a member of the London Child Poverty Commission and a programme director at the Centre for Market and Public Organisation. He was formerly a member of the Council of Economic Advisors at HM Treasury 1997-2006, where he worked on welfare reform and child poverty. His research has covered youth unemployment, workless households, child poverty, intergenerational mobility, and the drivers of social disadvantage. Jonathan Wadsworth is a senior research fellow at the LSE's Centre for Economic Performance, deputy director of the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CREAM), and a research associate at IZA Bonn.

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