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The prospects for worklessness in Britain's weaker local economies

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  • Christina Beatty
  • Steve Fothergill

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Worklessness on benefits is far wider than just 'unemployment'. Across Britain in the wake of recession, a total of 5 million men and women of working age are out-of-work on benefits. They are also unevenly spread across the country: in the worst 100 districts outside London, which cover nearly a third of the UK population, the working age benefit claimant rate averages 18%. This paper reviews the trends in benefit numbers and in employment and shows that in Britain's weaker local economies there was positive progress up until the recession. Looking ahead, however, a range of scenarios suggest there is little prospect that benefit claimant rates in these places will be reduced to acceptable levels by 2020. Copyright 2011, Oxford University Press.

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  • Christina Beatty & Steve Fothergill, 2011. "The prospects for worklessness in Britain's weaker local economies," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 4(3), pages 401-417.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cjrecs:v:4:y:2011:i:3:p:401-417
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    1. Marianne Sensier & Michael Artis, 2016. "The Resilience of Employment in Wales: Through Recession and into Recovery," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(4), pages 586-599, April.

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