How have employees fared? Recent UK trends

Fitzner, Grant (2006): How have employees fared? Recent UK trends. Published in: Employment Relations Research Series, Department of Trade and Industry No. 56

Abstract

An analysis of trends over the past decade in earnings, job growth, employment security and working time experienced by UK employees.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Institution: Department of Trade and Industry
• Language: English
• Keywords: DTI; EMAR; Great Britain; UK; employment relations research series; Labour Force Survey; labour market; employees; quality of work; job quality; earnings growth; disappearing middle; income inequality; job polarisation; employment security; job security; working time; long hours; temporary work
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J0 - General > J08 - Labor Economics Policies; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J63 - Turnover ; Vacancies ; Layoffs; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J8 - Labor Standards: National and International > J81 - Working Conditions; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs > J31 - Wage Level and Structure ; Wage Differentials; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor

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