Publisher's Synopsis
Unemployed remains at the top of the policy agenda with the unemployment rate being one of the most widely used economic and social indicators. This report extends traditional perspectives on unemployment to include non-employment, and brings together evidence from a range of data sources to explore the changing map of unemployment and non-employment in Britain in the 1980s and 1990s. Issues addresses include: the location of the areas with the highest levels of joblessness; the measurements of unemployment and non-employment; unemployment dynamics; 'mismatches' between the characteristics of the unemployed and available jobs; policy implications. Where are the jobless? Is essential reading for central government policy makers, professionals, academics, regional planners, and those in local authority economic development departments, TECs, LECs and other local agencies concerned with the labour market at national, regional and local levels.
