Influence of Work–Welfare Cycling and Labour Market Segmentation on Employment Histories of Young Long-Term Unemployed

Alexander McTier and Alan McGregor
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Alexander McTier: University of Glasgow, UK
Alan McGregor: University of Glasgow, UK

Work, Employment & Society, 2018, vol. 32, issue 1, 20-37

Abstract: The onset of the ‘Great Recession’ from 2008 was associated with a significant increase in long-term unemployment among young people. Work–welfare cycling has been put forward as a contributory factor. Drawing on a large-scale survey of long-term unemployed young people, this article argues that segmented labour market theory provides a strong explanatory framework for understanding the nature of long-term unemployment among young people, with the literature on work–welfare cycling contributing to an understanding of one of the processes by which precarious employment impacts on employability and labour supply. A second key finding is the heterogeneous nature of the young long-term unemployed, which in turn requires policy responses more customized to the needs of the different groups.

Keywords: segmented labour markets; work–welfare cycling; youth unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/0950017017697857

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