Chapters by leading experts on unemployment, immigration, pay, and trade unions discuss what can be learned from the past two decades, and what should be done now to tackle Britain's current labour market problems, arguing for a more targeted approach to tackle unemployment, exclusion, and inequality consistent with today's tight public budgets.
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Over the last fifteen years, the deregulation of Britain's labour market has led to economic growth, employment opportunities, and a more diverse workforce: the 'fat years'. However, now as Britain faces its lean years with job cuts, rising unemployment, income insecurity, and related social strains, how can and should the government and key labour market policy makers ensure the labour market provides job opportunities and reasonable levels of social justice? The fundamental changes that have occurred in labour market institutions mean that 'solutions' of previous decades no longer work. This volume sets out to address the major challenges faced: - Unemployment, immigration, housing and job subsidies - Key institutional changes, such as the decline of collective regulation and the rise of occupational licensing - Pay inequality and minimum wages - Pay and subsidies in the private and public sector Contributions from leading experts in the field employ the latest theory and empirical research to examine a different set of problems and the policies that could help to resolve them.
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General info
Publisher & Imprint:
Oxford University Press
City:
Oxford
Pages:
274
More info:
height 240 mm
width 168 mm
weight 580 gr
thickness 23 mm
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey:(DC22) 331.120420941
Library of Congress Subject: Manpower policy - Great Britain
Departments:
Employment & unemployment; Industrial relations; Central government policies;
Record updated at:
25 April, 2013
time:
20:18
Summary
Employment in the Lean Years
0. Preface; 1. Introduction; PART I: EMPLOYMENT, IMMIGRATION, AND HOUSING; 2. The European Unemployment Challenge; 3. Immigration and the UK Labour Market; 4. Migration and its Impact on Housing Costs; 5. Job Guarantees for the Unemployed: Evidence and Design; PART II: NEW INSTITUTIONAL PATTERNS IN LABOUR MARKETS; 6. Individualization and Growing Diversity of Employment Relationships; 7. How Does Government Regulate Occupations in the UK and US? Issues and Policy Implications; 8. Occupational Licensing in the UK: the Case of the Private Security Industry; PART III: LOW PAY AND MINIMUM WAGES; 9. The National Minimum Wage after a Decade; 10. Minimum Wages and Wage Inequality; 11. Changing Wage Structures: Trends and Explanations; 12. Education, Training, Skills, and an International Perspective; PART IV: PAY AND INCENTIVES IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS; 13. Weak Incentives: When and Why; 14. Modernization, Privatization, and the Public Service Ethos in the UK; 15. The Future of Public Sector Pay in the United Kingdom; 16. At the Public Convenience?: How Should We Set Public Sector Pay and How Should We Change it?
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