It has long been argued that equality of opportunity brings business benefits and that it is in employers’ interest to implement policy to promote equality of opportunity. We present new evidence on this issue from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey 2004. There do not appear to be large...

Over the last two decades the costs of higher education in the UK have moved increasingly from the state to students (and their parents). As a consequence, an increasing percentage of university students work during the term. Based on a survey of standard-aged, third year students in four...

For the last two decades, the state has provided assistance to unemployed people wishing to enter self-employment. The emphasis of assistance has been on advice and training. Financial support has tended to be highly restricted. Yet research has indicated that low initial financing may...

The recession of the early 1990s saw London shift from being one of the best performing regions in terms of unemployment to one of the worst. This paper takes employing units (workplaces) as the primary unit of labour demand and uses evidence from them to test potential explanations for London's...

NIESR Conference: Tackling age discrimination in Britain - the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations and beyond. The British Academy, London.

Employment in the Finance Sector

Metcalf, H. with Meadows, P. (2006) Survey of employers policies, practices and preferences relating to age. DWP Research Report No 325/DTI Employment Relations Research Series No 49. London: DWP/DTI. The report describes the extent of discriminatory employment policies and practices relating to...

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