Immigration: how much do we really understand about how it affects job prospects?
It appears that there is a gaping hole in our understanding of how immigration affects job prospects within the United Kingdom.
Employment
Making connections: the role of ‘weak ties’ in migrants’ employment strategies
New research sheds light on how Polish migrants to the UK navigate labour markets and their social and employment networks […]
The perversion of ‘full employment’
Active labour market policy is facilitating an abundance of poor quality jobs In advocating the pursuit of ‘full employment’ last […]
Counting the cost of the regressive recovery
The Coalition’s recovery has intensified deeply damaging distributional trends within Britain With GDP growth of 1.8 per cent in 2013, […]
Interrogating the ‘good news’ on employment
Why the coalition government is wrong to consider the relatively high employment rate one of its main successes The good […]