The Nature of Unemployment in Britain
Studies of the DHSS Cohort
Published on 11. May 1989
Book
Hardback
214 pages
978-0-19-828548-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is an important contribution to the study of the characteristics and behaviour of the unemployed especially in their search for work. It is based on the analysis of unusually good data on a large cohort of men registering as unemployed in 1978, which enables the authors to overcome many of the problems of measuring the effects of economic, demographic and policy variables on unemployment. The results presented will interest labour economists and anyone involved in the policy debate on unemployment.
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'most interesting studies'Peter E. Hart, Economic Journal
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
442 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-828548-9 (9780198285489)
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Author
Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute of Economics and StatisticsProfessor of Economics and Director of the Institute of Economics and Statistics, University of Oxford
Lecturer in EconomicsLecturer in Economics, University of Warwick
Economic AdviserEconomic Adviser, H.M. Treasury
Professor of EconomicsProfessor of Economics, University of Barcelona
Content
Unemployment benefits revisited; modelling the process of job search; real earnings gains and losses from unemployment; repeat unemployment spells - the effect of unemployment benefits on unemployment entry; unemployment inflow rates for autumn 1978; incentive and welfare effects of reforming the British benefit system - a simulation study for the wives of the unemployed.