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Productivity per worker or per potential worker
Productivity per worker is a counter-productive statistic. A government will generally be trying to maximise both the numerator and the denominator, as both output and the number of people in work are...
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Breaking the unemployment habit
This morning (22nd August), Radio Gloucestershire (temporary link) broadcast a piece of thoughtful and constructive reporting by Heather Simons. The headline was that public money was funding training...
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Statistics from the Labour Market Menu
Unemployment figures for the quarter to April 2013 were released on Wednesday this week. The headlines in the report stated that 24,000 more people were in employment than a quarter before,...
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James Caan, social mobility and the job market
James Caan may be wondering why he ever accepted the title of Social Mobility Tsar. Tsars are not renowned for promoting social mobility. Opera fans will recall Boris Godunov’s strenuous and desperate...
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Moving back to Mum?
Universal Credit is hoped to reduce both the benefit bill and levels of dependency from 2013. If it has an effect on people’s behaviour, then we can hope for it to show up in the household statistics....
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Labour market fails to take off (as usual)
Today, while the country’s attention was elsewhere, saw the release of the latest ONS employment figures. The figures are less than inspiring. Compared with last month’s figures, the employment rate...
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A far from BAEsic problem
Tomorrow will see BAE Systems disclose how many jobs the company will cut. Expectations are that around 3,000 jobs will be lost across 3 sites in Yorkshire and Lancashire. Unions and opposition...
View ArticleNo pain no gain: EU accepts Spain’s controversial work permits
At first glance, Spain’s decision to restrict the access of Romanians to the Spanish labour market is a double blow to EU standards. Not only does it appear to be anti-immigration, and thus symbolic of...
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Wasted youth
The announcement that unemployment levels have risen further at the end of last year is unwelcome but no surprise. There are an extra 44,000 out of work, creating an unimpressive total of 2.5 million....
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You’re hired!
Vince Cable yesterday marked the beginning of National Apprentice Week by announcing that the Government would increase annual funding for on-the-job training by £222 million to take the total to £1.4...
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