Covid-19· Low pay· Labour market· Pay· Skills· Migration Crystal balls vs rear-view mirrors The UK labour market after coronavirus 7 April 2020 by Hannah Slaughter and Torsten Bell …crisis, Brexit, and now coronavirus. Some trends will go into reverse – like the growth in self-employment While the argument of this paper is that post-crisis trends may well… READ MORE
Incomes· Low pay· Labour market· Pay Feel poor, work more – the real reason behind Britain’s record employment 13 November 2019 by Torsten Bell …the crash – or because post-crisis and pre-Brexit uncertainty means they’d rather take on workers that can quickly be shed, than machines that they’d be stuck with. But an increase… READ MORE
Low pay· Labour market· Pay Minimum Wage 20th anniversary special Top of the Charts 29 March 2019 by Torsten Bell and Charlie McCurdy …party started. The key is choosing something non-Brexit related to celebrate. So we’ve talked everyone around, got all the main political parties on board, and have some fun party games… READ MORE
Low pay· Labour market· Pay The national living wage has caused the biggest fall in low pay in 40 years – but how is this improving people’s living standards? 27 October 2017 by George Bangham …migration is likely to fall as the Brexit process goes on. Easy changes that could be made include widening the range of jobs offered to non-graduates. So, although the National… READ MORE
Low pay· Labour market· Pay The latest on low pay 26 October 2017 by Conor D’Arcy …end of the UK’s labour market is far from certain, especially with the question marks around Brexit and migration rules. Whatever happens next though, it’s clear that the NLW this… READ MORE
Low pay· Pay The Great Escape? Low pay and progression in the UK’s labour market 19 October 2017 by Conor D’Arcy and David Finch The coming years will be pivotal for the UK’s labour market. Along with new questions raised by Brexit, the responses to longstanding issues dogging firms and workers alike will be… READ MORE
Labour market· Low pay· Pay How did firms pay for the big pay rise in 2016? Through productivity and price rises, not job losses 20 December 2016 by Conor D’Arcy …take longer than six months. That’s especially true as a substantial increase in the wage floor, taking the UK into uncharted territory, comes at the same time as the Brexit… READ MORE
Low pay· Labour market· Pay No jobs-killer as employers take a ‘suck it and see’ approach to the National Living Wage 11 July 2016 by Conor D’Arcy …been three months since the government’s flagship labour market policy came into force. As with Brexit, we’ll need to wait before judging the full impact of the higher wage floor… READ MORE
Low pay· Labour market· Pay· Living Wage The first 100 days: early evidence on the impact of the National Living Wage 11 July 2016 by Conor D’Arcy and Matthew Whittaker …announcement and implementation of the National Living Wage and their plans for the future. We also consider the implications of the Brexit vote for the future trajectory of the NLW…. READ MORE
