Covid-19· Labour market· Skills· Intergenerational Centre Leaving lockdown Young people’s employment in 2021: improvements and challenges in the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic 31 January 2022 by Louise Murphy …worklessness throughout the course of the pandemic Young people aged 18-24 were the age group most likely to have experienced extended worklessness (having been unemployed, fully furloughed or self-employed without… READ MORE
Intergenerational Centre A return to boom and bust (in births) How birth cycles will affect public spending pressures over the coming decade 15 October 2021 by Maja Gustafsson and David Willetts …apprenticeship and training places will lead to an increase in the participation rate in full-time education of 1.5-2 percentage points). Finally, any weakness in the labour market, especially as furlough… READ MORE
Labour market· Intergenerational Centre Out of the woods? Young people's mental health and labour market status as the economy reopens 5 July 2021 by Rukmen Sehmi …fully furloughed has halved since May 2020, to around 16 per cent at the end of May 2021. But they remain harder hit than older people, being two-and-a-half times more… READ MORE
Covid-19· Intergenerational Centre Three reasons to be concerned about job losses among older workers A U-Shaped crisis 29 April 2021 by Nye Cominetti …leisure, where young workers are concentrated – has led millions of our youngest workers to be put on furlough or, worse still, lose their jobs. But the UK’s jobs crisis… READ MORE
Covid-19· Intergenerational Centre We must not let coronavirus exacerbate Britain’s intergenerational inequalities still further 8 October 2020 by David Willetts …the biggest beneficiaries of the furlough scheme. The boost to the Universal Credit has been worth most to families with younger children. Workers in their early 30s and late 40s… READ MORE