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The UK labour market and the 2008 - 2009 recession
Gregg, Paul; Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2010
. Unemployment had reached its lowest levels for thirty years going in to the latest recession and has also remained relatively … subdued through the downturn, certainly compared to previous recessions. A combination of lower inflow rates into unemployment … seen before the recession. -- labour market ; recession ; unemployment ; wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003973882
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Jobs in the recession
Gregg, Paul; Wadsworth, Jonathan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2010
The recession of 2008-09 inflicted a larger cumulative loss of UK output than any of the previous post-war recessions, yet there has been a relatively low loss of employment, at least so far. Paul Gregg and Jonathan Wadsworth look for an explanation.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416226
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The UK Labour Market and the 2008 - 2009 Recession
Gregg, Paul; Wadsworth, Jonathan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2010
. Unemployment had reached its lowest levels for thirty years going in to the latest recession and has also remained relatively … subdued through the downturn, certainly compared to previous recessions. A combination of lower inflow rates into unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700448
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THE UK LABOUR MARKET AND THE 2008-9 RECESSION
Gregg, Paul; Wadsworth, Jonathan - In: National Institute Economic Review 212 (2010) 1, pp. 61-61
. Unemployment had reached its lowest levels for 30 years going in to the latest recession and has also remained relatively subdued … through the downturn, certainly compared to previous recessions. A combination of lower inflow rates into unemployment, allied …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855496
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Everyone's A Winner? Union Effects on Persistence in Private Sector Wage Settlements: Longitudinal Evidence from Britain
Brown, Donna; Ingram, Peter; Wadsworth, Jonathan - School of Economics, University of Surrey - 2004
Against a background of increased decentralisation in the structure of wage decision making, we analyse the effects of unions on the dispersion and persistence of pay settlements over the medium term using a longitudinal data set covering British private sector establishments over the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005748071
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Employment, inequality and the UK national minimum wage over the medium-term
Dolton, Peter; Rosazza-Bondibene, Chiara; Wadsworth, … - 2010
This paper assesses the impact of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on employment and inequality in the UK over the decade since its introduction in 1999. Identification is facilitated by using variation in the bite of the NMW across local labour markets and the different sized year on year up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274603
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Employment, inequality and the UK national minimum wage over the medium-term
Dolton, Peter J.; Rosazza-Bondibene, Chiara; Wadsworth, … - 2010
This paper assesses the impact of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on employment and inequality in the UK over the decade since its introduction in 1999. Identification is facilitated by using variation in the bite of the NMW across local labour markets and the different sized year on year up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009155048
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Employment, Inequality and the UK National Minimum Wage Over the Medium-Term
Dolton, Peter - 2010
This paper assesses the impact of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on employment and inequality in the UK over the decade since its introduction in 1999. Identification is facilitated by using variation in the bite of the NMW across local labour markets and the different sized year on year up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136496
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Is There an Impact of Household Computer Ownership on Childrens Educational Attainment in Britain?
Schmitt, John; Wadsworth, Jonathan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2004
If personal computers (PCs) are used to enhance learning and information gathering across avariety of subjects, then a home computer might reasonably be considered an input in aneducational production function. Using data on British youths from the British HouseholdPanel Survey between 1991 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005151041
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Employment, Inequality and the UK National Minimum Wage over the Medium-Term
Dolton, Peter; Rosazza-Bondibene, Chiara; Wadsworth, … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2010
This paper assesses the impact of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on employment and inequality in the UK over the decade since its introduction in 1999. Identification is facilitated by using variation in the bite of the NMW across local labour markets and the different sized year on year up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694935