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The Labour Market in Winter Paul Gregg (Professor of Economics, University of Bristol and Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics)

The Labour Market in Winter By Paul Gregg (Professor of Economics, University of Bristol and Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics)

Summary

This book provides an overview of the key issues concerning the performance of the labour market and policy in the UK, with focus on the 2008 financial crisis, the ensuing recession, and its aftermath.

The Labour Market in Winter Summary

The Labour Market in Winter: The State of Working Britain by Paul Gregg (Professor of Economics, University of Bristol and Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics)

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.

The Labour Market in Winter Reviews

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 *

About Paul Gregg (Professor of Economics, University of Bristol and Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics)

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.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION; EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT; JOB QUALITY; INEQUALITY

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GOR005303692
9780199587377
019958737X
The Labour Market in Winter: The State of Working Britain by Paul Gregg (Professor of Economics, University of Bristol and Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics)
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Oxford University Press
20110127
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