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"Leading experts here examine the impact of New Labour policies on the labour market since 1998. Looking behind the ""good news"" implied by the lowest headline unemployment rates since the 1970s and by a low and stable rate of inflation, this volume examines the impact of policies such as the minimum wage, the New Deal, Working Family Tax Credit scheme, policies on lone parents, and changes in the education system. It also looks at the impact of growing income inequalities over this period, on the growing geographic concentrations of joblessness and on the new phenomenon of widespread total economic inactivity amongst certain social groups."

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Author:   R. Dickens ,  P. Gregg ,  J. Wadsworth
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2003 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781403916303

ISBN 10:   1403916306
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   08 October 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction PART I: WORK, UNEMPLOYMENT AND INACTIVITY The Impact of the New Deal for Young People on the Labour Market: A Four Year Assessment; R.Blundell, H.Reed, J.Van Reenen & A.Shephard Workless Households and the Recovery; P.Gregg & J.Wadsworth The Rise in Inactivity Among Adult Men; G.Faggio & S.Nickell & D.Hawkes McJobs and MacJobs: The Growing Polarisation of Jobs in the UK; M.Goos & A.Manning Labour Market Prospects of Less Skilled Workers Over the Recovery; P.Gregg & J.Wadsworth Welfare Reform and the Employment of Lone Parents; P.Gregg & S.Harkness The Labour Market Performance of Ethnic Minorities in the Recovery; J.Wadsworth PART II: HOURS, EFFORT AND REPRESENTATION AT WORK The Demands of Work; F.Green The Household Division of Labour: Changes in Families' Allocation of Paid and Unpaid Work, 1992-2002; S.Harkness Trade Unions; D.Metcalf PART III: WAGES Wage Inequality Since 1975; S.Machin Minimum Wage, Minimum Impact; R.Dickens & A.Manning Public and Private Sector Labour Markets; P.Dolton & S.McIntosh Gender and Labour Market Performance in the Recovery; H.Robinson PART IV: INCOMES, EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITY Skills in the UK; S.McIntosh Access to Education; A.Goodman & L.McGranahan Higher Education, Family Income and Changes in Intergenerational Mobility; S.Machin Child Poverty in Britain; R.Dickens & D.T.Ellwood

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RICHARD DICKENS is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and lectures at Queen Mary, University of London. - PAUL GREGG is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and lectures at the University of Bristol. He is also a member of the Council of Economic Advisers at HM Treasury. - JONATHAN WADSWORTH is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and lectures at Royal Holloway College, University of London. -

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