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

The Fundamental Changes That Have Occurred In British Labour Market Institutions Mean That 'solutions' Of Previous Decades No Longer Work. This Volume Sets Out To Address The Major Challenges Faced: Unemployment, Immigration, Housing And Job Subsidies; Key Institutional Changes, Such As The Decline Of Collective Regulation And The Rise Of Occupational Licensing; Pay Inequality And Minimum Wages; And Pay And Subsidies In The Private And Public Sector. Introduction / David Marsden -- The European Unemployment Challenge / Stephen Nickell -- Immigration And The Uk Labour Market / Jonathan Wadsworth -- Migration And Its Impact On Housing Costs / Christine M.e. Whitehead -- Job Guarantees For The Unemployed: Evidence And Design / Paul Gregg -- Individualization And Growing Diversity Of Employment Relationships / William Brown And David Marsden -- How Does Government Regulate Occupations In The Uk And Us? Issues And Policy Implications / Amy Humphris, Morris M. Leiner, And Maria Koumenta -- Occupational Licensing In The Uk: The Case Of The Private Security Industry / Sue Fernie -- The National Minimum Wage After A Decade / Mark B. Stewart -- Minimum Wages And Wage Inequality / Alan Manning -- Changing Wage Structures: Trends And Explanations / Stephen Machin -- Education, Training, Skills, And An International Perspective / Anna Vignoles -- Weak Incentives: When And Why / John Roberts -- Modernization, Privatization, And The Public Service Ethos In The Uk / Maria Koumenta -- The Future Of Public Sector Pay In The United Kingdom / Richard Disney -- At The Public Convenience?: How Should We Set Public Sector Pay And How Should We Change It? / A. N. Other. Edited By David Marsden. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.