Open AccessWas Working Nation Working?
Author(s) -
P. N. Junankar,
C Kapuściński
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.249
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1472-9296
pISSN - 0022-1856
DOI - 10.1177/002218569804000102
Subject(s) - unemployment , government (linguistics) , working life , working time , working hours , economics , term (time) , labour economics , medium term , political science , economic growth , work (physics) , macroeconomics , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , quality (philosophy)
After several months of research and consultation, the Labor government intro duced, in May 1994, with its publication of Working Nation, a set of labour market programmes targeted at the long-term unemployed. With the new Coalition government taking office in March 1996, we saw tbe end of Working Nation. Did Working Nation labour market programmes lead to a reduction in general unem ployment and a decline in long-term unemployment? This paper attempts to evoluate this particular aspect of its success by applying econometric methods to macroeconomic data. Our results suggest that although Working Nation had a very short life, it succeeded in helping the long-term unemployed: it was a valuable social and economic experiment.
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