Johnes, Geraint (2015) The UK labour market data is not so rosy when we consider export sector industries. British Politics and Policy at LSE (21 Jan 2015). Blog Entry.
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The latest headline labour market figures are positive: unemployment is down to 5.8% and pay is increasing well above inflation. However, scratching beneath the surface reveals a diversity of experience and does not provide a great deal of reassurance that the economy can continue to grow at the rate we observed last year, writes Geraint Johnes. For instance, average pay has fallen in a number of sectors while the biggest increase was in financial and insurance activities (at 6.1%).
Item Type: | Online resource (Blog Entry) |
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Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy |
Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 |
Divisions: | LSE |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
Date Deposited: | 03 Apr 2017 10:46 |
Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2024 03:53 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/72063 |
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