Comparisons between unemployment and the claimant count: 1971 to 2007

Richard Clegg
Additional contact information
Richard Clegg: Office for National Statistics

Economic & Labour Market Review, 2008, vol. 2, issue 5, 18-20

Abstract: Explains the conceptual differences and also examines the differences between the two measures by dataThe number of unemployed people is currently more than twice as high as the claimant count, which measures the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits. This article explains the conceptual differences between unemployment and the claimant count.The article also examines the differences between the two measures by gender. The gap between unemployment and the claimant count is larger for women than for men, with female unemployment being consistently higher than the female claimant count throughout the period 1971 to 2007. However, for men, throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, the claimant count exceeded unemployment. Since the late 1990s, however, male unemployment has exceeded the male claimant count and the gap is widening. For men, but not for women, the gap between the claimant count and unemployment seems to be significantly affected by the economic cycle as the male claimant count has exceeded male unemployment during periods of high unemployment. Economic & Labour Market Review (2008) 2, 18–20; doi:10.1057/elmr.2008.70

Date: 2008
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/elmr/journal/v2/n5/pdf/elmr200870a.pdf Link to full text PDF (application/pdf)
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/elmr/journal/v2/n5/full/elmr200870a.html Link to full text HTML (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:ecolmr:v:2:y:2008:i:5:p:18-20

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/economics/journal/41318

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Economic & Labour Market Review from Palgrave Macmillan, Office for National Statistics
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().