Training for the unemployed has played an important role in recent labour market policies in the United Kingdom. The Employment Training programme, introduced in 1988, has been of particular significance during the recent recession. This program aimed to improve the skills of those who had been out of work for 6 months or more, to provide them with relevant work placements, and to enhance their employability. Evidence presented here, from in-depth interviews carried out with young white male training program participants in both a buoyant (Cambridge) and a depressed (Sheffield) labour market, suggest that the outcomes of the training were generally very poor. High proportions of those on the programme returned to unemployment, having had po...
This article explores notions of ‘employability’ in the context of the experiences of those young pe...
The relationships between employment, education, opportunity, social exclusion and poverty are centr...
There is much debate, but surprisingly little evidence, concerning the impact of primarily supply si...
Training for the unemployed has played an important role in recent labour market policies in the Uni...
In the extensive literature on the employment impact of public-sponsored training programmes for the...
Responding to seemingly intractable levels of long-term unemployment and more recently arising from ...
Responding to seemingly intractable levels of long-term unemployment and more recently arising from ...
UK policymakers desire to see more and better jobs in the labour market mirrors deepening concern th...
In the extensive literature on the employment impact of public-sponsored training programmes for the...
UK policymakers desire to see more and better jobs in the labour market mirrors deepening concern th...
In this article, I analyse the consequences of unemployment on the re-entry occupational status and ...
Abstract: In the extensive literature on the employment impact of public sponsored training programm...
The Blair government of Great Britain has been taking action to help young unemployed people under t...
This study aimed to compare and contrast government policy for the Training Opportunities Programme...
Skill erosion during unemployment was of particular concern as unemployment duration increased in th...
This article explores notions of ‘employability’ in the context of the experiences of those young pe...
The relationships between employment, education, opportunity, social exclusion and poverty are centr...
There is much debate, but surprisingly little evidence, concerning the impact of primarily supply si...
Training for the unemployed has played an important role in recent labour market policies in the Uni...
In the extensive literature on the employment impact of public-sponsored training programmes for the...
Responding to seemingly intractable levels of long-term unemployment and more recently arising from ...
Responding to seemingly intractable levels of long-term unemployment and more recently arising from ...
UK policymakers desire to see more and better jobs in the labour market mirrors deepening concern th...
In the extensive literature on the employment impact of public-sponsored training programmes for the...
UK policymakers desire to see more and better jobs in the labour market mirrors deepening concern th...
In this article, I analyse the consequences of unemployment on the re-entry occupational status and ...
Abstract: In the extensive literature on the employment impact of public sponsored training programm...
The Blair government of Great Britain has been taking action to help young unemployed people under t...
This study aimed to compare and contrast government policy for the Training Opportunities Programme...
Skill erosion during unemployment was of particular concern as unemployment duration increased in th...
This article explores notions of ‘employability’ in the context of the experiences of those young pe...
The relationships between employment, education, opportunity, social exclusion and poverty are centr...
There is much debate, but surprisingly little evidence, concerning the impact of primarily supply si...