Documents Conn, Sarah 3 results

"The economically inactive are defi ned as people who are not in employment or unemployed. There are many reasons why an individual may be inactive, for example, they might be studying, looking after family or long-term sick. These individuals are not part of the supply of labour but are important as they are potential labour supply in the future. This article examines inactivity trends using information from the Labour Force Survey. It shows trends from the early 1970s and the characteristics of inactive people. It then looks at some of the reasons for people being inactive."

"This article analyses the experiences of young people in the labour market today, looking at their economic activity, earnings and skills, using the UK's Labour Force Survey. It also looks at the family and household circumstances of young people using education research and the Annual Population Survey. What is clear from these analyses is the importance of considering education status when looking at the labour market activity of this age group, as many young people are in a period of transition between school and work. The decline of manufacturing and rise of employment in the service sector appears to have been significant. And the impact of parental attitudes to education and of family background should also be considered. Evidence suggests those young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) are considerably more likely to be living with one parent or in a household where no one is working."

"Using the UK Labour Force Survey (LFS), this article looks at the characteristics of employees in jobs paying below the National Minimum Wage (NMW). It shows that it is not possible to accurately estimate from the LFS how many of these may be legitimately paid below the NMW and therefore how many are a result of non-compliance with the law. It considers methodological reasons why some employees may be recorded as being paid below the NMW in the LFS when in reality they are not. It also shows it is important to interpret estimates of low pay from the LFS in light of the methodological limitations of the survey for measuring low pay and also when comparing with estimates available from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. "