6 The labour market shock and policy responses to the coronavirus pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 94-113
Author(s):  
Chris Manning
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Policy Responses

scholarly journals Auto plant closures, policy responses and labour market outcomes: a comparison of MG Rover in the UK and Mitsubishi in Australia

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy Armstrong ◽  
David Bailey ◽  
Alex de Ruyter ◽  
Michelle Mahdon ◽  
Holli Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Plant Closures ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes ◽  
The Uk

Local Responses to Longterm Unemployment: Delivering Access to Employment in Edinburgh

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Lindsay ◽  
Garry Sturgeon
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Unemployed People ◽  
Local Responses ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Client Group ◽  
The City ◽  
Depth Interviews

This paper examines locally developed policy responses to long-term unemployment in the city of Edinburgh: a labour market characterised by relatively lowunemployment and generally high levels of demand. Drawing upon in-depth interviews with 115 long-term unemployed people residing in the city, the paper first analyses the complex combination of barriers to work faced by members of this client group. Two recent labour market initiatives, developed by the local authority in partnership with other public and third sector agencies and (in one case) major employers, are then discussed. It is suggested that this locally focused, partnership-based approach may provide a useful model for local policy responses to long-term unemployment, particularly in buoyant labour markets.

scholarly journals Measuring Social and Psychological Outcomes from Activation Labour Market Programmes in Higher Education: A Pilot Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Long Hogarty ◽  
Conor Mc Guckin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
National Study ◽  
Unemployment Rates ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Labour Market Entry

Following the 2008 recession, Ireland experienced unemployment rates as high as 15% (McGuinness, O’Connell and Kelly, 2014). Policy responses have been through the introduction of upskilling and reskilling through activation labour market policies (ALMPs) in the higher education sector (Department of Education and Skills, 2015).  The evidence to date regarding the efficacy of such interventions (e.g., Springboard+) has been concerned with blunt measurements of progression rates, labour market entry, and earnings. The present study explored social capital and social well-being among a sample of 101 participants of Springboard+ programmes at one higher education provider in Dublin. The primary objective of the pilot study is to create and test a research method informed by well validated indicators to inform a larger national study.

Assessing Anti-ageism Routes to Older Worker Re-engagement

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Business Case ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Early Exit ◽  
Developed Economies ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Dramatic Decline ◽  
Labour Market Participation ◽  
Effective Policy

Measures that challenge ageism in employment are among the most prominent policy approaches towards reversing the dramatic decline over the last two decades in the labour market participation of older workers in developed economies. In Britain, such measures have evolved through three related phases: the `business case' approach; equality routes, incorporating equal opportunities and diversity policies; and progress towards anti-age discrimination legislation. Discriminatory attitudes displayed by employers have been overemphasized in explaining early exit from the labour market. Paradoxically, targeting such prejudice and ignorance through the business case approach has narrowed the scope for challenging more covert forms of ageism in employment. Nor is age easily incorporated into equal opportunities and diversity agendas in effective ways. Moreover, legislation will need to depart significantly from the principles underlying voluntary approaches if it is to be successful. The ambiguity and fluidity of the ageism concept also allow scope for opportunistic responses on the part of labour market actors that can be detrimental to the interests of older workers, and preoccupation with ageism may therefore act to impede progress towards more targeted, co-ordinated and effective policy responses.

Welfare Capitalism in Crisis: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Labour Market Policy Responses to the Great Recession

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 659-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
FARAZ VAHID SHAHIDI
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Fiscal Crisis ◽  
Labour Market Policy ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Policy Responses

AbstractSocial policy responses to the recent economic crisis have varied considerably across advanced capitalist countries. This study aims to explain this cross-national diversity through a qualitative comparative analysis of labour market policy responses to the Great Recession across eighteen advanced welfare states. The results of the study suggest that theories of welfare state change that attribute theoretical centrality to political and institutional factors do not provide a compelling explanation for patterns of labour market reform observed since the onset of the economic crisis. Rather, they appear to be explained principally in terms of the variable fiscal capacity of the state. In particular, the study findings indicate that the presence of fiscal crisis has acted as a necessary (but insufficient) condition for the presence of recommodification, while the absence of fiscal crisis has acted as a sufficient (but unnecessary) condition for the absence of recommodification. These empirical developments suggest that there is a need for a scholarly return to the problematic relationship between capitalism and the welfare state.

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