The road back towards full employment

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Wednesday 23 May

9.00am to 11.00am
Resolution Foundation, 23 Savile Row, London W1S 2ET

Wendy Carli – Professor of Economics, University College London (UCL) and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
Paul Gregg – Professor of Economic and Social Policy, and Director of the Centre for Analysis and Social Policy at the University of Bath
James Plunkett – Director of Policy and Development, Resolution Foundation
Jonathan Portes – Director, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)
Heather Stewart – Economics Editor, The Observer (Chair)

We live-tweeted this event at #fullemployment

The UK labour market has performed relatively well in recent years given the weakness of GDP, with the number of people in work now back above its pre-recession peak. Yet job creation has lagged far behind population growth, leaving the UK far below its pre-recession employment rate. In the coming years, not least as the UK workforce continues to age, the road back towards full employment will not be easy or straightforward.

This event stepped back from debates about the immediate performance of the labour market to assess the UK’s road back towards full employment. It presented new evidence on the scale of the task and brought together leading economists to debate what role government can play.

The Road Back Towards Full Employment: Sizing the UK jobs gap from ResolutionFoundation