Employment in the Lean Years Policy and Prospects for the Next Decade

by Marsden, David

• ISBN13: 9780191806803
• ISBN10: 0191806803
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2011-09-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Table of Contents

0. Preface, Richard Layard
1. Introduction, David Marsden
Part I: Employment, Immigration, and Housing
2. The European Unemployment Challenge, Stephen Nickell
3. Immigration and the UK Labour Market, Jonathan Wadsworth
4. Migration and its Impact on Housing Costs, Christine M.E. Whitehead
5. Job Guarantees for the Unemployed: Evidence and Design, Paul Gregg
Part II: New Institutional Patterns in Labour Markets
6. Individualization and Growing Diversity of Employment Relationships, William Brown and David Marsden
7. How Does Government Regulate Occupations in the UK and US? Issues and Policy Implications, Amy Humphris, Morris M. Kleiner, and Maria Koumenta
8. Occupational Licensing in the UK: the Case of the Private Security Industry, Sue Fernie
Part III: Low Pay and Minimum Wages
9. The National Minimum Wage after a Decade, Mark B. Stewart
10. Minimum Wages and Wage Inequality, Alan Manning
11. Changing Wage Structures: Trends and Explanations, Stephen Machin
12. Education, Training, Skills, and an International Perspective, Anna Vignoles
Part IV: Pay and Incentives in the Public and Private Sectors
13. Weak Incentives: When and Why, John Roberts
14. Modernization, Privatization, and the Public Service Ethos in the UK, Maria Koumenta
15. The Future of Public Sector Pay in the United Kingdom, Richard Disney
16. At the Public Convenience?: How Should We Set Public Sector Pay and How Should We Change it?, A. N. Other