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Between 1981 and 1987, the UK experienced one of the worst unemployment records in OECD countries. Leading features of this period were the sharp increase in long-term unemployment (over twelve months) to in excess of 40% of the unemployed, and the failure of high unemployment to slow down wage inflation. This has led to various policy interventions — including retraining and government counseling programmes — and extensive analysis of the determinants of both higher unemployment and wage inflation. There is, however, a shortage of evidence concerning individual unemployment experience with which to underpin both policy making and theoretical work.
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McCormick, B., Searle, S.H. (1992). Are the unemployed ‘outsiders’ or former ’insiders’? Evidence from a depressed area. In: Verhaar, C.H.A., Jansma, LG., de Goede, M.P.M., van Ophem, J.A.C., de Vries, A. (eds) On the Mysteries of Unemployment. Studies in Operational Regional Science, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8080-9_8
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