Recent discussion of developments within the UK labour market has highlighted the growth
of more 'flexible'types of employment: part‐time work, temporary jobs, and self‐employment …

Since 1997, UK labour market regulation has increased significantly, and this trend seems
likely to continue. Yet the UK's performance in terms of employment and unemployment has …

The Australian labour market is at its healthiest condition for over a decade. Strong
employment growth since 1993 has led to a systematic decline in the unemployment rate …

Leading experts examine, for the first time, the impact of New Labour policies on the labour
market over the past 5 years. Looking behind the'good news' implied by the lowest headline …

The paper uses Department of Employment data, the New Earnings, General Household
and Labour Force Surveys and the Census of Population to look at changes in the structure …

The economic revolution is a global revo-''lution of finance, competition, skill and technology.
The notion of a'job for life'has disappeared, and employment insecurity affects us all.”(Social …

It is widely recognised that the 1980s have seen significant changes in patterns of
employment in the UK, including major shifts in the industrial and occupational structure …

Polarisation of the structure of employment and the deepening of divisions within the active
labour force are the central features of recent labour market development in the UK …

B ackground Governments, including in Britain, have actively promoted the idea of 'flexible
labour markets'. Employment law makes temporary contracts or selfemployed service …

We consider both the overall macroeconomic performance of the UK labour market since
1997, as well as some of the underlying micro problems, particularly those facing unskilled …