Employment in the Lean Years

Policy and Prospects for the Next Decade
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-960543-9
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 578 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Academics, researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students in Social Sciences; Policy bodies and think tanks; those more generally interested in employment issues

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marsden, David

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Beschäftigung, Arbeitslosigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

0: Richard Layard: Preface
1: David Marsden: Introduction
Part I: Employment, Immigration, and Housing
2: Stephen Nickell: The European Unemployment Challenge
3: Jonathan Wadsworth: Immigration and the UK Labour Market
4: Christine M.E. Whitehead: Migration and its Impact on Housing Costs
5: Paul Gregg: Job Guarantees for the Unemployed: Evidence and Design
Part II: New Institutional Patterns in Labour Markets
6: William Brown and David Marsden: Individualization and Growing Diversity of Employment Relationships
7: Amy Humphris, Morris M. Kleiner, and Maria Koumenta: How Does Government Regulate Occupations in the UK and US? Issues and Policy Implications
8: Sue Fernie: Occupational Licensing in the UK: the Case of the Private Security Industry
Part III: Low Pay and Minimum Wages
9: Mark B. Stewart: The National Minimum Wage after a Decade
10: Alan Manning: Minimum Wages and Wage Inequality
11: Stephen Machin: Changing Wage Structures: Trends and Explanations
12: Anna Vignoles: Education, Training, Skills, and an International Perspective
Part IV: Pay and Incentives in the Public and Private Sectors
13: John Roberts: Weak Incentives: When and Why
14: Maria Koumenta: Modernization, Privatization, and the Public Service Ethos in the UK
15: Richard Disney: The Future of Public Sector Pay in the United Kingdom
16: A. N. Other: At the Public Convenience?: How Should We Set Public Sector Pay and How Should We Change it?

Über Autor(innen)

David Marsden is Professor of Industrial Relations at the London School of Economics, and a member of the Centre for Economic Performance. He has carried out extensive research on labour markets and human resources in Europe, and has advised many public bodies including the European Commission, the ILO and the OECD as well as in Britain