One of the most significant set of papers to come out of the portfolio of Regional Studies Association publications in recent years has concerned the exposure of the levels of hidden unemployment in many of the old industrial areas of Britain (see, for instance: 'Labour market adjustment in...

SHUTT J. and SUTHERLAND J. (2003) Encouraging the transition into self- employment, Reg. Studies 37 , 97-103. A feature of the current New Deal policy is the encouragement now given to young people to consider becoming self- employed. This article reports the findings of an evaluation of a...

Spoor C. and Sutherland J. (2007) Public sector pay bargaining and regional labour markets: regional pay differentials for women working as nurses within the UK National Health Service, Regional Studies 41, 115-129. The policy context of this paper is the controversy over pay bargaining...