Are UK Labour Markets Polarising? by Holmes, C, Mayhew, K

Recurrent Poverty: the impact of family and labour market changes by Tomlinson, M, Walker, R

What work after school? Challenges of labour market transitions in Ethiopia by Chuta, N, Tafere, Y

In-Work Poverty and Labour Market Segmentation: A study of national policies (UK) by Bradshaw, J., Mayhew, E.

Hungarian migrants in the UK labour market: a pilot study of the former education of Hungarian migrants and the underutilisation of their skills in the UK by Laczik, A

“…The UK was one of the three countries, together with Ireland and Sweden, that granted the new Europeans immediate and free access to their labour markets. As a result, a large number of work-seekers arrived in the UK. …”

Renewing the social contract for work in Anglo-Saxon economies by Grahl, J, Teague, P

“…</p> <p>Structural change and the search for greater labour market flexibility are identified as the two culprits for the disorganization of modern labour markets. …”

Youth transitions: Skills, work and family formation: Preliminary findings from the 2016 Young Lives Survey (Round 5): Peru by Sánchez, A, Pazos, N, Manrique, G, Ferrer, J

“…Young parents – especially women – are those with the worst prospects in the labour market. These differences will lead to significant income inequalities in the future between the most and least advantaged.…”

Social origins, cognitive ability, educational attainment and social class position in Britain: A birth cohort and life-course perspective by Bukodi, E, Bourne, M, Betthäuser, B, Goldthorpe, J

“…The aim of this Summary Report is to show how social origins, when viewed in a comprehensive, multidimensional way, affect the educational and labour market attainments of individuals whose cognitive ability at a relatively early stage in their educational histories is at a similar level.…”

No longer children: What do Young Lives children do when they grow up? by Favara, M, Chang, G, Sanchez, A

“…is a Young Lives research report, synthesising research from the past two survey rounds (in 2013 and 2016) to reflect on how the experience of poverty early in life affects future opportunities, documenting children and young people's trajectories from school into post-secondary education and the labour market, and investigating their chances to access productive jobs.…”

Zero hour contracts as a source of job insecurity amongst low paid hourly workers by Wood, A, Burchell, B

Youth transitions - skills, work and family formation: Preliminary findings from the round 5 survey in Ethiopia by Araya, M, Woldehanna, T, Pankhurst, A

“…This fact sheet focuses on our Older Cohort (22-year-olds in 2016) to explore issues related to education, labour market skills, employment and marriage, and how young people’s opportunities in life are influenced by their gender, their family’s wealth level, and background circumstances. …”

Improving skills utilisation in the UK - Some reflections on what, who and how? by Keep, E

“…Among these policy challenges are a range of issues that relate to productivity, investment and the shape and ‘balance’ of the economy, as well as with the quantity and quality of employment, the structure of the labour market and the nature and management of the relationship between employer and employee (Keep, 2013; Keep and Mayhew, 2014). …”

Youth transitions - Skills, work and family formation: Preliminary findings from the round 5 survey in India by Lives, Y

“…Young Lives has followed two cohorts of children since 2002, most recently focusing on our Older Cohort (22-year-olds in 2016) to explore issues related to education, digital skills, transitions to the labour market, and on marriage and fertility. Given that a large and growing segment of India’s population is under 25 years, attainment of education and skills development are critical to ensuring that this turns into a demographic dividend not a liability. …”

Gendered aspects of activation policies: the limits of welfare to work by Conaghan, J

“…<p>The current UK government has invested heavily in labour market activation, both as an economic and social strategy. …”

How to counter exclusionary far right politics with a progressive inclusionary agenda on equality by Halikiopoulou, D, Vlandas, T

“…</li> <li>Left-wing governments and trade unions should focus on addressing economic grievances by reducing labour market insecurity, promoting economic growth and ensuring effective welfare protection. …”

Reforming vocational qualifications. Some problems ahead? by Keep, E

“…First, the system of VQs has design flaws and weakenesses that mean that learners in England receive a shallower and narrower package of learning than their counterparts in many other parts of the developed world. Second, the labour market has significant structural problems that make it extremely hard for many VQs to generate any significant wage premia or support job progression. …”

Transborder labour liberalization: a path to enforcement of the global social contract for labour by Bravo, K

“…</p> <p>The transnational labour market is characterized by the illegality and temporariness that is assigned by states to mobile and would-be mobile human providers of labour; yet the globalized transnational economy stimulates, and indeed demands, the movement of labour from one domestic economy to another.…”

Case studies of the most popular European destinations for mobile students from Russia, Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia by Chankseliani, M, Hessel, G

“…The heterogeneous pathways of development of these countries led to dissimilar educational and labour market opportunities for young people, as well as distinct patterns of student mobility. …”

Poverty and welfare among children and their families 1968-2010 by Jonsson, J, Mood, C

“…Their welfare is particularly sensitive to business cycles, as their parents tend to have a weaker labour market attachment than parents in other groups. • Child poverty has become more concentrated to families where parents are not gainfully employed. • Family poverty is related to children’s economic situation. …”

The Potential of Temporary Migration Programmes in Future International Migration Policy. by Ruhs, M

“…Drawing upon the experiences of past and current TMPs, Ruhs discusses how TMPs can: help high-income countries meet their market needs; provide people from low-income countries with better access to labour markets in higher-income countries; maximize migration's developmental impact on countries of origin; and address high-income countries' concerns about the permanent settlement of migrants and the diversity of their societies. …”