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What's happened to the labour market for early school‐leavers in Britain?
Author(s) -
Cregan Christina
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2338.00188
Subject(s) - unemployment , government (linguistics) , labour economics , youth unemployment , economics , demographic economics , economic growth , linguistics , philosophy
This article analyses recent empirical data to explain why the youth labour market has disappeared over the last 20 years. The findings demonstrate that some young people stayed in education to acquire credentials, while others did so merely as a substitute for unemployment. Government policy is discussed in the light of these findings.