Geographies of labour market inequality / edited by Ron Martin and Philip S. Morrison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martin, Ron (Ron L.)

Morrison, Philip S., 1947-

Series:

Regional development and public policy.

Regional development and public policy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market--Great Britain--Regional disparities--Congresses.

Labor market.

Labor market--OECD countries--Regional disparities--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years, the local dimensions of the labour market have attracted increasing attention from academic analysts and public policy-makers alike. There is growing realization that there is no such thing as the national labour market, instead a mosaic of local and regional markets that differ in nature, performance and regulation. Geographies of Labour Market Inequality is concerned with these multiple geographies of employment, unemployment, work and incomes, and their implications for public policy.

Contents:

Geographies of Labour Market Inequality; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 Thinking about the geographies of labour; PART I The production of local labour market inequalities; 2 Labour market risk and the regions: evidence from gross labour flows; 3 Unemployment and spatial labour markets: strong adjustment and persistent concentration; 4 Income inequality and residential segregation: labour market sorting and the demand for positional goods; 5 Employer strategies and the fragmentation of local employment: the case of contracting out local authority services

6 The new economy, labour market inequalities and the work life balancePART II Interventions and policies; 7 The union role in preserving jobs and communities: the employee ownership option; 8 The local impact of the New Deal: does geography make a difference?; 9 The geographies of a national minimum wage: the case of the UK; Postscript; 10 The geographies of labour market inequality: some emergent issues and challenges; Index

Notes:

"The origins of this book reside in a special session of papers on Labour Market Geographies given at the Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of Geographers held at the University of Sussex in January 2000"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-42157-5

1-280-05135-3

0-203-22281-4

9780203222812

OCLC:

56615111