a post by Fahmida Rahman for the Resolution Foundation blog
Low pay in Britain is an issue of national importance. With around one-in-five employees classed as low paid, the share of Brits who fall into this category remains well above the levels achieved by the best-performing countries in the OECD.
That said, within Britain, there are huge disparities in terms of where low pay is most prevalent. Our latest study of low pay in Manchester – being published on Tuesday – finds that most city regions have low-pay rates above the national average. That puts their low-pay prevalence at least twice as high as that in London (10 per cent). In some cities, including Sheffield and Tees Valley, almost a quarter of employees are low paid.
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Wednesday, 6 March 2019
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Effects of Regional Labour Markets on Migration Flows, by Education Level
an article by Fredrik Carlsen, Kåre Johansen and Lasse Sigbjørn Stambø ( Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim) published in LABOUR Volume 27 Issue 1 (March 2013)
Abstract
European economies display large variations in unemployment rates across regions as well as between education groups.
Insufficient labour mobility is widely believed to contribute to higher regional disparities and overall unemployment, but few studies have compared mobility responses of different education groups to regional shocks.
This paper employs administrative registers covering the entire Norwegian population to compute annual time series from 1994 to 2004 of migration flows and regional labour market conditions by education level for 90 travel-to-work areas.
We find that regional disparities in unemployment rates are decreasing in education level, whereas the response of migration flows to regional unemployment shocks is increasing in education level.
The results suggest that low regional mobility of low-educated workers may contribute to higher regional disparities and higher overall unemployment among the low educated.
JEL classifications: J61, R23
Hazel’s comment:
Statistical proof of what those of us working at the coal-face already knew. The lower the level of education the lower the income and, therefore, nearer to home for work is essential!
Commute to London from Nottingham for a well-paid job but not to be a cleaner or a retail assistant.
Abstract
European economies display large variations in unemployment rates across regions as well as between education groups.
Insufficient labour mobility is widely believed to contribute to higher regional disparities and overall unemployment, but few studies have compared mobility responses of different education groups to regional shocks.
This paper employs administrative registers covering the entire Norwegian population to compute annual time series from 1994 to 2004 of migration flows and regional labour market conditions by education level for 90 travel-to-work areas.
We find that regional disparities in unemployment rates are decreasing in education level, whereas the response of migration flows to regional unemployment shocks is increasing in education level.
The results suggest that low regional mobility of low-educated workers may contribute to higher regional disparities and higher overall unemployment among the low educated.
JEL classifications: J61, R23
Hazel’s comment:
Statistical proof of what those of us working at the coal-face already knew. The lower the level of education the lower the income and, therefore, nearer to home for work is essential!
Commute to London from Nottingham for a well-paid job but not to be a cleaner or a retail assistant.
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