1st Edition

Employability and Local Labour Markets

Edited By Ronald W. McQuaid, Anne E. Green, Mike Danson Copyright 2006
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

The concept of employability has provided a foundation for much current labour market policy. It has also provided a useful framework for analyzing national and urban labour markets and related policies in a variety of different circumstances both for those in and out of work. The papers in this book help progress the concept of employability, demonstrating the importance of the geographic and... Read more

Introducing Employability.  The Concept of Employability.  Employability, Skills Mismatch and Spatial Mismatch in Metropolitan Labour Markets.  Employing the Unemployed: Some Case Study Evidence on the Role and Practice of Employers.  Social Labour, Employability and Social Exclusion: Pre-Employment Training for Call Centre Work.  Employability and Enterprise: Evidence from the North East.  Old Industrial Regions and Employability.  Young People, Job Search and Local Labour Markets.  Employability, Services for Unemployed Jobseekers and the Digital Divide.  Extending Employability or Solving Employers' Recruitment Problems? Demand-Led Approaches as an Instrument of Labour Market Policy.

Biography

Ronald W. McQuaid, Employment Research Institute, Napier University, Edinburgh., Anne E. Green, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick., Mike Danson, Department of Economics, University of Paisley.