How long has this been going on? Long-term unemployment in the UK
By Michael Elsby, Jennifer C. Smith and Jonathan Wadsworth
Published in Bentolila, Samuel and Jansen, Marcel, (eds.) Long-Term Unemployment After the Great Recession: Causes and remedies (London Centre for Economic Policy Research, 2016)
Introduction
It is now more than thirty years since the UK was shaken by the emergence of widespread incidence of long-term unemployment (LTU). Since then, a whole raft of economic modelling and policy responses have been directed at the problem. In this chapter we provide a brief overview of recent trends in LTU in the UK, and set them in their historical and policymaking contexts.
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