The Labour Market Under New Labour: The State of Working Britain

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of figures......Page 8
List of tables......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Abbreviations and acronyms......Page 15
Notes on contributors......Page 17
Introduction......Page 20
Part I: Work, Unemployment and Inactivity......Page 34
1 The impact of the New Deal for Young People on the labour market: a four-year assessment......Page 36
2 Workless households and the recovery......Page 51
3 The rise in inactivity among adult men......Page 59
4 Why has employment recently risen among older workers in Britain?......Page 72
5 McJobs and MacJobs: the growing polarisation of jobs in the UK......Page 89
6 Labour market prospects of less skilled workers over the recovery......Page 105
7 Welfare reform and the employment of lone parents......Page 117
8 The labour market performance of ethnic minorities in the recovery......Page 135
Part II: Hours, Effort and Representation at Work......Page 154
9 The demands of work......Page 156
10 The household division of labour: changes in families’ allocation of paid and unpaid work, 1992–2002......Page 169
11 Trade unions......Page 189
Part III: Wages......Page 208
12 Wage inequality since 1975......Page 210
13 Minimum wage, minimum impact......Page 220
14 Public and private sector labour markets......Page 233
15 Gender and labour market performance in the recovery......Page 251
16 Skills in the UK......Page 267
Part IV: Incomes, Education and Opportunity......Page 282
17 Access to education......Page 284
18 Higher education, family income and changes in intergenerational mobility......Page 299
19 Child poverty in Britain......Page 310
Index......Page 325