The prospects for worklessness in Britain's weaker local economies

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12913784
AutoresChristina Beatty (0000-0003-0943-9979, Sheffield Hallam University), Steve Fothergill (0000-0002-4201-0640, Sheffield Hallam University)
Año2011
Volumen4
Número3
Páginas401-417
Fecha de publicación2011-08-11
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1752-1386 • E-ISSN: 1752-1378
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/cjres/rsr018
OpenAlexW2052456001
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas10

Worklessness on benefits is far wider than just ‘unemployment’. Across Britain in the wake of recession, a total of 5 million men and women of working age are out-of-work on benefits. They are also unevenly spread across the country: in the worst 100 districts outside London, which cover nearly a third of the UK population, the working age benefit claimant rate averages 18%. This paper reviews the trends in benefit numbers and in employment and shows that in Britain's weaker local economies there was positive progress up until the recession. Looking ahead, however, a range of scenarios suggest there is little prospect that benefit claimant rates in these places will be reduced to acceptable levels by 2020

Alliance · Media studies · Political science · Sociology · Unit (ring theory · Employment and Welfare Studies · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Law