The labour market in winter: the state of working Britain

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. INDICE: IntroductionPaul Gregg and Jonathan Wadsworth: ; Employment andUnemployment; 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 andJumana 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 Blandenand 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: PeterDolton 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

• ISBN: 978-0-19-958737-7
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 27/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés