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Can Family-Support Policies Help Explain Differences in Working Hours Across Countries?

Sila, Urban - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009

It has been suggested in the literature that taxes and subsidies play an important role in explaining the differences … explaining this variation. I analyse two types of policies: childcare subsidies and family cash benefits. I distinguish between … people with children and people without children. Childcare subsidies should increase working hours in the economy and these …

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Immigration and the UK Labour Market

Metcalf, David - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

David Metcalf, chair of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), outlines recent changes in the regulatory framework for immigrant workers.

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Gender Gaps in the UK Labour Market: jobs, pay and family-friendly policies

Azmat, Ghazala - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

Differences in the labour market experiences of men and women have fallen over the last 20 years, but there are still sizeable 'gender gaps' in employment and wages. Certain factors help to explain a good part of gender gaps, including caring for young children, occupational choice and part-time...

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Health: How Will the NHS Fare in a Cold Climate?

McGuire, Alistair; Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

With the NHS a central issue of the 2015 general election, the parties are debating funding, the form of provision, quality and productivity. This paper looks at the NHS record under the coalition government and considers the plans each major party have put forward regarding the future of the...

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Austerity: Growth Costs and Post-Election Plans

Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

The austerity programme of the coalition government knocked at least one percent per year off growth in the first two years of this Parliament. In retrospect, this looks like a mistake and the slower pace of austerity in 2012 to 2013 and thereafter was welcome (as was the setting up of the...

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Immigration, the European Union and the UK Labour Market

Wadsworth, Jonathan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014

During periods of strong economic growth, migration is and has always been important for filling gaps in the labour market. On balance, the evidence for the UK labour market suggests that fears about adverse consequences of rising immigration in general and EU immigration in particular have...

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