International Journal of Manpower: Volume 21 Issue 5

Unemployment: perspectives and policies

Roy Green

While unemployment has been the common experience of OECD countries over the last three decades, there have also been significant differences in its severity and extent. These…

Unemployment: national policies in a global economy

John Eatwell

Two issues have dominated the recent employment experience of the major industrial countries: first, the common rise in unemployment throughout the OECD; second, the diversity in…

Unemployment: still hoping for a miracle?

John Quiggin

The Australian unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since 1989, and looks likely to fall further, perhaps even reaching the rate of 5 per cent, widely regarded as…

From full employment to employability: a new deal for Britain’s unemployed?

Dan Finn

Britain’s New Labour Government has radically shifted its policy aims away from securing traditional full employment towards the improvement of “employability”. This paper briefly…

Regional unemployment rate differentials and mobility of the unemployed: An analysis of the FaCS longitudinal data set

Alfred M. Dockery

This study uses a longitudinal data set of administrative records to investigate geographical mobility among unemployment benefit recipients in Australia, focusing on the role of…

Unemployment, labour market deregulation and the “Third Way”

Roy Green, Andrew Wilson

Despite improved employment performance across the OECD in the late 1990s, unemployment remains a key issue for analysis and debate among policy makers. This paper outlines the…