construction sector, where ‘temporary, project-based labour, informal recruitment and casualised employment’ 7 is the norm, making it an unattractive employment pathway for ‘local’ people, 8 so too the ‘3 Ps’ (picking, packing and plucking) sectors described in this chapter. We begin by looking at the experience of working in chicken factories in Great Yarmouth, largely as described by those living in the House and participants in focus groups and interviews ( Section B ). We then consider the issues that have arisen in the GYROS data on employment problems ( Section C
Introduction: perceptions, politics and socio-economic implications Taxes on income from employment are a substantive source of government revenue, a largely ‘visible’ and hence easily politicised form of taxation, and they have serious implications from a social policy perspective. First, in the case of the UK, income tax (which is levied on income from employment, some benefits, most pensions, rental income, dividends and interest from savings) and National Insurance contributions (NICs) represent more than 40 per cent of the overall tax revenue of the
careers influence economic outcomes at both the micro- and macro-levels. It shows how the ways people engage with both the labour market and the housing system over the course of their lives play a crucial role in determining the social distribution of resources. The chapter begins by using Chapter 2 ’s life course conceptual toolbox to review how employment influences housing behaviour and housing system dynamics. It then inverts the focus to consider the role housing resources, opportunities and constraints play in shaping employment careers and the broader operation
Franklin G. Mixon, Jr. * Department of Economics and International Business, The University of Southern Mississippi, Box 5072, USM Station, Hattlesburg, MS 39406-5072, United States Kamal P. Upadhyaya Department of Economics, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT 06516, United States M. Troy Gibson Department of Political Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, United States Regulation, Labor Costs and Employment in the U.S. Congress Abstract - The present paper examines the impact of passage of The Congressional Accounta bility Act of1995
______ FOUR ___ 73 The changing family–employment balance The slowing down of population growth in combination with population ageing, and changing family forms and structure, characteristic of the first and second demographic transitions, cannot be fully understood without also examining the changing relationship between family life and paid work. One of the main problems associated with low population growth in the developed world is its impact on the size of the population of working age in relation to the inactive dependent
35 THREE The economy, work and employment An efficient economy The financial crisis that began in 2008 has revealed that there is something not quite right about the way that we run our economy: reckless bank loans; debt being sold as a commodity; governments supporting the banks and reducing public expenditure; an increasing proportion of the proceeds of production going to capital, and a decreasing proportion to labour,1 reducing demand and increasing personal debt.2 As Galbraith puts the solution: ‘Sufficient equality in the distribution of income
Policy & Politics vol 31 no 4 511 © The Policy Press, 2003 • ISSN 0305 5736 Key words: health selection • employment • lay perspectives • qualitative research Policy & Politics v 31 n 4 511–33 Final submission 2 April 2003 • Acceptance 28 April 2003 Health and employment: towards a New Deal Donna Easterlow and Susan J. Smith English This article draws on lay perspectives to question some assumptions underpinning the government’s New Deal for people with long-term illness or disability in Britain. Tracing out the interaction between health and employment
