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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825899303321

Titolo

The labour market in winter : the state of working Britain / / edited by Paul Gregg and Jonathan Wadsworth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-162347-4

0-19-180864-4

1-283-25267-8

9786613252678

0-19-162350-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GreggPaul

WadsworthJonathan, Dr.

Disciplina

331.110941

Soggetti

Unemployment - Great Britain

Labor supply - Great Britain

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 - Social aspects

Great Britain Economic conditions 1997-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Employment and unemployment -- pt. 2. Job quality -- pt. 3. Inequality.

Sommario/riassunto

This text 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. It contains assessments of the effects of many policies introduced over the last 10 years in employment, education and welfare.