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Has technology hurt less skilled workers? An econometric survey of the effects of technical change on the structure of pay and jobs

Chennells, Lucy; Reenen, John Van - 1999

computing technologies. This paper surveys the evidence on the effects of technical change on skills, wages and employment by … level product innovations appear to raise employment growth, but there is no clear evidence of a robust effect (either …

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How do the last five years measure up on levelling up?

Farquharson, Christine; Milsom, Luke; Tahir, Imran; … - 2024

Five years ago, then Prime Minister Boris Johnson made "levelling up" a central plank of the Conservative Party's bid for re-election, with a manifesto pledge to "level up every part of the UK". In 2022, the government published a thorough and ambitious White Paper setting out 12 levelling up...

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Seven key facts about UK living standards

Cribb, Jonathan; Waters, Tom - 2024

What has happened to average incomes, inequality, poverty, jobs and pay since 2009 and since 2019? How does the UK compare internationally?

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Progression of nurses within the NHS

Stoye, George; Warner, Max - 2024

In this report, we examine the career progression of nurses and other staff groups within the NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) pay framework in England over the decade between 2012 and 2021. We document differences in progression across pay bands between staff groups and within groups of nurses to...

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Jobs and job quality between the eve of the Great Recession and the eve of COVID-19

Bourquin, Pascale; Waters, Tom - 2020

In 2019, the employment rate among 25- to 64-year-olds in the UK reached 80% - the highest on record, and considerably … certain policies and compositional changes on the employment rate. We also investigate how job 'quality' - in both financial … and non-financial terms - has changed. We find that almost all demographic groups and regions saw a rise in employment …

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Factors associated with staff retention in the NHS acute sector

Kelly, Elaine; Stoye, George; Warner, Max - 2022

Against a backdrop of increasing demands for health care, the National Health Service (NHS) has long sought ways to increase the number of staff available to provide care to patients. More doctors, nurses, midwives and health-care assistants (HCAs) mean that the NHS can deliver more, and...

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Understanding pension saving among the self-employed

Cribb, Jonathan; Karjalainen, Heidi - 2023

Private pension saving among the self-employed population in the UK has been falling dramatically over the last few decades, and this has led to a heightened policy focus on how to boost pension saving among this group. In this report we analyse patterns of private pension saving among the...