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In this article we pull out the headline labour market data and set out some of the reasons why these headline indicators are seemingly so resilient despite what we know about the severe impact that the pandemic has had on the Scottish economy and the challenges it poses for the labour force.
This article provides a review of today’s labour market data, and what these mean about the Scottish economy.
This video gives an update on the latest labour market data for Scotland and the UK released in August 2020.
This article summarises some of the data released today on the Scottish labour market, as well as data from the welfare system and Coronavirus employment support schemes.
This video update provides an overview and analysis of the headline labour market picture in Scotland, July 2020, including data from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, Self-Employment Support Scheme, and the welfare system.
The fear of a sharp rise in unemployment is a real one in this economic crisis. Last week’s latest Quarterly Economic Indicator from the Scottish Chambers of Commerce provided an insight into the harsh reality for many businesses in Scotland just now. In recent days, we’ve had a number of …
New labour market data were released earlier today by the ONS. In addition, we got an update from management information held by DWP on what was happening in the benefit system. The headline Scottish unemployment rate rose to 4.6%, up 1.1% compared to the three months before, while the employment …
The closure of schools and childcare facilities have meant most parents currently have their children at home. Given the expectation that children won’t return to full time education for some time yet, this raises big questions over the quality of their education and the ability of their parents to juggle …
What Coronavirus means for education, childcare and working parents Read More »
Attention is now turning to how to start to ease restrictions on lockdown to enable the reopening of more parts of our economy. As we have pointed out in a previous article, the economy can’t simply be turned off and on again and any restarting must not jeopardise public health. …
Returning to work – the unintended consequences of easing the lockdown Read More »
We have recently started a new year-long project to examine how patterns of weekly hours worked have been changing in recent decades, examine what factors help explain those trends, and to consider implications for poverty, inequality – and policy. Whilst the distribution of hourly pay receives a lot of attention …
Changes in working hours, causes and implications – an introduction to our new project Read More »