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Employment

Covid-19: how the health crisis is exposing the omnipresence and mundanity of unfree labour in our economies

As we slowly emerge from the second lockdown and prepare with hope for the new year, I thought it timely to reflect on some of the lessons we can draw […]

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.

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 […]

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  • Leah Downey joins SPERI as a visiting researcher from Harvard 20 January 2021
  • Covid-19: how the health crisis is exposing the omnipresence and mundanity of unfree labour in our economies 18 December 2020
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