(Non)Participation in the Labour Market
Alternative Indicators and Estimates of Labour Reserve in United Kingdom Regions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4141707 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A E Green (Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, England), Anne Green (0000-0003-1583-4967, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung, corresponding author), Chris Hasluck (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 543-558 |
| Publication date | 1998-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a300543 |
| OpenAlex | W2019662581 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
In the context of the continuance of mass high unemployment in the United Kingdom and considerable debate concerning the 'real level' of unemployment, the authors of this paper go beyond the official unemployment rate by focusing on the development of alternative indicators of labour reserve in the regions of the United Kingdom. They show how, on a step-by-step basis, successively 'broader' indicators of labour reserve (more specifically, those on government training schemes, various categories of those conventionally defined as economically inactive who would like a job, and those in part-time work because they could not find full-time employment) may be derived by means of data from the Labour Force Survey. They then go on to outline the key features of regional variations in the scope for additional labour-force participation. As labour supply is a dynamic concept, and the utilisation of the labour reserve implies transitions from unemployment and non-employment to employment, selected information on transitions between labour-market states and on the previous economic circumstances of the unemployed is presented. Some key features of the broad regional geography of those categorised as in employment, but 'on the margins' of the labour reserve, are highlighted also. Finally, the implications for policy of substantial labour reserves in many regions in the United Kingdom are explored
Active labour market policies · Continuance · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Labour economics · Labour supply · Political science · Unemployment · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.07 |
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| Citation span | 1999 - 2020 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |