What is full employment?

Maurice Scott and Robert A. Laslett

Chapter 2 in Can We Get Back to Full Employment?, 1978, pp 7-18 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract From 1948 to 1966 inclusive total registered unemployment in the U.K. (excluding those temporarily stopped but including students and school leavers) averaged 1.7 per cent of the number of employees, the highest percentage for any year being 2.4 (in 1963), and the lowest 1.1 (in 1955) (see Table 2.1). In 1967 the percentage rose to 2.3 and has never fallen below it since. In 1977 it was 6.3 per cent. ‘Getting back to full employment’ could be interpreted, quite simply, as getting the unemployment percentage back to the average levels achieved from 1948 to 1966.

Keywords: Labour Force; Unemployment Benefit; Full Employment; Registered Unemployment; Employment Exchange (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1978
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-16020-4_2

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