Stephen Fothergill
Biographic Data
| ID | 824307 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Fothergill |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Fothergill |
| SIGNATURE | FOTHERGILL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sheffield Hallam University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 208 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Twenty Years on
Almost the whole of the British coal industry has closed since the early 1980s. The authors assess the extent to which the areas once dependent on coalmining have adapted to this job loss. A ‘labour-market accounting’ approach is employed to document the principal changes in employment, unemployment, commuting, and activity rates among men in the English and Welsh coalfields over the period to 2004, building on previous similar research covering …
The diversion from ‘unemployment’ to ‘sickness’ across British regions and districts
Around 2.7 million non-employed adults of working age in the UK claim sickness-related benefits, and the numbers have risen steeply over time. The very large variation in the numbers across districts and regions points strongly to extensive hidden unemployment, especially in older industrial areas affected by job losses. This paper builds on two previous papers by the same authors – one dealing with the theoretical framework and the other with a …
Economic Change and the Labour Market in Britain’s Seaside Towns
For thirty years, Britain's seaside towns have faced the challenge of the rising popularity of foreign holidays. This paper explores how their economies have adapted, and in particular the extent to which high claimant unemployment in many of the towns is rooted in local job loss. By deploying 'labour market accounts' for 1971 to 2001, the paper shows that in fact the continuing imbalance in seaside labour markets owes more to high levels of in-m…
The detached male workforce
So just who are the men who have fallen out of the world of work? What are their skills, qualifications and work experience? How did they become detached from employment? Do they still want to work? And how do they get by, in terms of income and social security benefits? This chapter tries to provide answers to these basic questions, drawing mainly on a large-scale survey carried out in seven locations around Britain.
Work to Welfare
This book provides a new perspective on joblessness among men. During the last twenty years vast numbers of men of working age have moved completely out of the labour market into 'early retirement' or 'long-term sickness' and to take on new roles in the household. These trends stand in stark contrast to rising labour market participation among women. Based on an unprecedented range of new research on the detached male workforce in the UK, and loc…
Hidden Unemployment Among Men
The debate about the extent of hidden unemployment is central to understanding the contemporary UK labour market. This paper provides a detailed case study of one area - Barrow-in-Furness - where major industrial job losses have co-existed with falling claimant unemployment among men. Using aggregate statistics and new survey evidence, it argues that these trends mask extensive hidden unemployment, especially among men on sickness-related benefit…
The True Scale of the Regional Problem in the UK
This article argues that the scale of unemployment in the UK, and the differences between regions, are severely understated by claimant unemployment data. It explains how unemployment becomes 'hidden', in particular by a major diversion of older and less healthy workers from unemployment-related benefits, and how this process is especially marked in the traditional industrial parts of northern Britain. The true scale of regional differences in jo…
A Theory of Employment, Unemployment and Sickness
BEATTY C., FOTHERGILL S. and MACMILLAN R. (2000) A theory of employment, unemployment and sickness, Reg. Studies 34, 617-630. This paper explains how the measurement of unemployment is distorted by the way that 'sickness' is defined and counted by social security systems. Drawing on the concepts of 'hidden sickness', 'the queue for jobs' and 'hidden unemployment', and on empirical observations from the UK, it shows how job loss can result in incr…
Euro-Commentaries
Labour Market Adjustment in Areas of Chronic Industrial Decline
BEATTY C. and FOTHERGILL S. (1996) Labour market adjustment in areas of chronic industrial decline: the case of the UK coalfields, Reg. Studies 30, 627–640. The paper explores the labour market consequences of the near-terminal decline of employment in the UK coal industry. Despite the job loss, registered unemployment has not risen. Using labour market accounts derived mainly from Census of Population data, the paper examines the roles of migrat…
The Impact of Regional Alliances
Differences in the Profitability of the U. K. Manufacturing Sector Between Conurbations and Other Areas
The impact of the New and Expanded Town programmes on industrial location in Britain, 1960–78
Fothergill S., Kitson M. and Monk S. (1983) The impact of the New and Expanded Town programmes on industrial location in Britain, 1960–78, Reg. Studies 17, 251–260. Between 1960 and 1978 manufacturing employment in the New and Expanded Towns rose by nearly a quarter of a million relative to the national trend in this sector. Part of the increase resulted from the urban-rural shift in manufacturing which occurred throughout Britain, but 120–140,00…
Unequal Growth
In Defence of Shift-Share
The paper argues that criticisms of shift-share techniques are insufficiently strong to affect its application to the analysis of regional growth in the United Kingdom. Evidence for the 11 British regions for 1952-75 is used to demonstrate the robustness of the technique in the context of differing levels of sectoral disaggregation and choice of base years and the technique is then extended to incorporate multiplier and linkage effects. Finally i…
The diversion from ‘unemployment’ to ‘sickness’ across British regions and districts
Around 2.7 million non-employed adults of working age in the UK claim sickness-related benefits, and the numbers have risen steeply over time. The very large variation in the numbers across districts and regions points strongly to extensive hidden unemployment, especially in older industrial areas affected by job losses. This paper builds on two previous papers by the same authors – one dealing with the theoretical framework and the other with a …
A Theory of Employment, Unemployment and Sickness
BEATTY C., FOTHERGILL S. and MACMILLAN R. (2000) A theory of employment, unemployment and sickness, Reg. Studies 34, 617-630. This paper explains how the measurement of unemployment is distorted by the way that 'sickness' is defined and counted by social security systems. Drawing on the concepts of 'hidden sickness', 'the queue for jobs' and 'hidden unemployment', and on empirical observations from the UK, it shows how job loss can result in incr…
Labour Market Adjustment in Areas of Chronic Industrial Decline
BEATTY C. and FOTHERGILL S. (1996) Labour market adjustment in areas of chronic industrial decline: the case of the UK coalfields, Reg. Studies 30, 627–640. The paper explores the labour market consequences of the near-terminal decline of employment in the UK coal industry. Despite the job loss, registered unemployment has not risen. Using labour market accounts derived mainly from Census of Population data, the paper examines the roles of migrat…
Hidden Unemployment Among Men
The debate about the extent of hidden unemployment is central to understanding the contemporary UK labour market. This paper provides a detailed case study of one area - Barrow-in-Furness - where major industrial job losses have co-existed with falling claimant unemployment among men. Using aggregate statistics and new survey evidence, it argues that these trends mask extensive hidden unemployment, especially among men on sickness-related benefit…
Economic Change and the Labour Market in Britain’s Seaside Towns
For thirty years, Britain's seaside towns have faced the challenge of the rising popularity of foreign holidays. This paper explores how their economies have adapted, and in particular the extent to which high claimant unemployment in many of the towns is rooted in local job loss. By deploying 'labour market accounts' for 1971 to 2001, the paper shows that in fact the continuing imbalance in seaside labour markets owes more to high levels of in-m…
The True Scale of the Regional Problem in the UK
This article argues that the scale of unemployment in the UK, and the differences between regions, are severely understated by claimant unemployment data. It explains how unemployment becomes 'hidden', in particular by a major diversion of older and less healthy workers from unemployment-related benefits, and how this process is especially marked in the traditional industrial parts of northern Britain. The true scale of regional differences in jo…
Twenty Years on
Almost the whole of the British coal industry has closed since the early 1980s. The authors assess the extent to which the areas once dependent on coalmining have adapted to this job loss. A ‘labour-market accounting’ approach is employed to document the principal changes in employment, unemployment, commuting, and activity rates among men in the English and Welsh coalfields over the period to 2004, building on previous similar research covering …
Work to Welfare
This book provides a new perspective on joblessness among men. During the last twenty years vast numbers of men of working age have moved completely out of the labour market into 'early retirement' or 'long-term sickness' and to take on new roles in the household. These trends stand in stark contrast to rising labour market participation among women. Based on an unprecedented range of new research on the detached male workforce in the UK, and loc…
Differences in the Profitability of the U. K. Manufacturing Sector Between Conurbations and Other Areas
The impact of the New and Expanded Town programmes on industrial location in Britain, 1960–78
Fothergill S., Kitson M. and Monk S. (1983) The impact of the New and Expanded Town programmes on industrial location in Britain, 1960–78, Reg. Studies 17, 251–260. Between 1960 and 1978 manufacturing employment in the New and Expanded Towns rose by nearly a quarter of a million relative to the national trend in this sector. Part of the increase resulted from the urban-rural shift in manufacturing which occurred throughout Britain, but 120–140,00…
The Impact of Regional Alliances
Euro-Commentaries
In Defence of Shift-Share
The paper argues that criticisms of shift-share techniques are insufficiently strong to affect its application to the analysis of regional growth in the United Kingdom. Evidence for the 11 British regions for 1952-75 is used to demonstrate the robustness of the technique in the context of differing levels of sectoral disaggregation and choice of base years and the technique is then extended to incorporate multiplier and linkage effects. Finally i…
The impact of the New and Expanded Town programmes on industrial location in Britain, 1960–78
Fothergill S., Kitson M. and Monk S. (1983) The impact of the New and Expanded Town programmes on industrial location in Britain, 1960–78, Reg. Studies 17, 251–260. Between 1960 and 1978 manufacturing employment in the New and Expanded Towns rose by nearly a quarter of a million relative to the national trend in this sector. Part of the increase resulted from the urban-rural shift in manufacturing which occurred throughout Britain, but 120–140,00…
Unequal Growth
Differences in the Profitability of the U. K. Manufacturing Sector Between Conurbations and Other Areas
The Impact of Regional Alliances
Labour Market Adjustment in Areas of Chronic Industrial Decline
BEATTY C. and FOTHERGILL S. (1996) Labour market adjustment in areas of chronic industrial decline: the case of the UK coalfields, Reg. Studies 30, 627–640. The paper explores the labour market consequences of the near-terminal decline of employment in the UK coal industry. Despite the job loss, registered unemployment has not risen. Using labour market accounts derived mainly from Census of Population data, the paper examines the roles of migrat…
Euro-Commentaries
A Theory of Employment, Unemployment and Sickness
BEATTY C., FOTHERGILL S. and MACMILLAN R. (2000) A theory of employment, unemployment and sickness, Reg. Studies 34, 617-630. This paper explains how the measurement of unemployment is distorted by the way that 'sickness' is defined and counted by social security systems. Drawing on the concepts of 'hidden sickness', 'the queue for jobs' and 'hidden unemployment', and on empirical observations from the UK, it shows how job loss can result in incr…
The True Scale of the Regional Problem in the UK
This article argues that the scale of unemployment in the UK, and the differences between regions, are severely understated by claimant unemployment data. It explains how unemployment becomes 'hidden', in particular by a major diversion of older and less healthy workers from unemployment-related benefits, and how this process is especially marked in the traditional industrial parts of northern Britain. The true scale of regional differences in jo…
Hidden Unemployment Among Men
The debate about the extent of hidden unemployment is central to understanding the contemporary UK labour market. This paper provides a detailed case study of one area - Barrow-in-Furness - where major industrial job losses have co-existed with falling claimant unemployment among men. Using aggregate statistics and new survey evidence, it argues that these trends mask extensive hidden unemployment, especially among men on sickness-related benefit…
The detached male workforce
So just who are the men who have fallen out of the world of work? What are their skills, qualifications and work experience? How did they become detached from employment? Do they still want to work? And how do they get by, in terms of income and social security benefits? This chapter tries to provide answers to these basic questions, drawing mainly on a large-scale survey carried out in seven locations around Britain.
Work to Welfare
This book provides a new perspective on joblessness among men. During the last twenty years vast numbers of men of working age have moved completely out of the labour market into 'early retirement' or 'long-term sickness' and to take on new roles in the household. These trends stand in stark contrast to rising labour market participation among women. Based on an unprecedented range of new research on the detached male workforce in the UK, and loc…
Economic Change and the Labour Market in Britain’s Seaside Towns
For thirty years, Britain's seaside towns have faced the challenge of the rising popularity of foreign holidays. This paper explores how their economies have adapted, and in particular the extent to which high claimant unemployment in many of the towns is rooted in local job loss. By deploying 'labour market accounts' for 1971 to 2001, the paper shows that in fact the continuing imbalance in seaside labour markets owes more to high levels of in-m…
The diversion from ‘unemployment’ to ‘sickness’ across British regions and districts
Around 2.7 million non-employed adults of working age in the UK claim sickness-related benefits, and the numbers have risen steeply over time. The very large variation in the numbers across districts and regions points strongly to extensive hidden unemployment, especially in older industrial areas affected by job losses. This paper builds on two previous papers by the same authors – one dealing with the theoretical framework and the other with a …
Twenty Years on
Almost the whole of the British coal industry has closed since the early 1980s. The authors assess the extent to which the areas once dependent on coalmining have adapted to this job loss. A ‘labour-market accounting’ approach is employed to document the principal changes in employment, unemployment, commuting, and activity rates among men in the English and Welsh coalfields over the period to 2004, building on previous similar research covering …
Economics (14 works) · Economic growth (10 works) · Geography (9 works) · Unemployment (8 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (7 works) · Labour economics (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Economy (4 works)