Due to copyright laws PRIME is unable to provide copies of many of the papers on this website, however details of how to acquire copies are listed below.
50. The real level of unemployment 2002 - By Christina Beatty, Stephen Forthergill, Tony Gore, Anne Green 2002. This report provides a new assessment of the scale of unemployment across Britain. Copy available for £10 email: p.pulfrey@shu.ac.uk or 0114 225 3073
51. The Rise in Unemployment among Older People: Causes and Solutions – by Richard Wilson, the Institute of Directors (March 2000). Copies available for £5, contact 020 7766 8766
52. Reasons for decline – from www.policylibrary.com (2001).
A look at how older people are finding it harder to gain employment than younger workers. There is also a section on ageism.Copy available from www.policylibrary.com53. Evaluation of New Deal 50 Plus – by J Kodz and J Eccles (2001).
Copy available from www.employment-studies.co.uk54. 50+: The Most Reliable Age Group – IDF50 (2001).
A report in to how unemployment is hidden by economic inactivity and the lack of unemployed 50+ included in statistics. The report comes from the research project ‘Men’s Economic Inactivity and Unemployment in the UK’ conducted by Peter Alcock, Christina Beatty, Stephen Fothergill, Rob Macmillan and Susan Yeandle. Copy available from www.idf50.co.uk55. Drop outs from work Non-working classes: Britain’s new chronic unemployed” by Richard Dickens, Paul Gregg and Jonathan Wadsworth (Spring 2001). A look at unemployment including statistics on 50+ and ethnic minorities.Available to order from www.labourline.org
56. Matching New Deal to rural needs – by Jonathan Breeze, Stephen Fothergill and Rob Macmillan (2000).
A report that looks at the specific unemployment issues of rural areas. The report looks at barriers to re-employment and sees the key issue as being that of mobility. For a copy contact Countryside Agency Publications, 0870 120 646657. Labour market grows. “Employment grows” – from: www.cesi.org.uk (2000). Facts and figures of 50+ employment.
58. Winning the Generation Game: Improving opportunities for people aged 50-65 in work and community activity – a performance and innovation unit report by the cabinet office (April 2000). This document looks at the problem of inactive 50+ and the causes of it. It then goes on to suggest various ways that the government can counter this. Copy available from www.strategy.gov.uk
59. Labour market detachment in rural England – by Christina Beatty and Stephen Fothergill, Sheffield Hallam University (1999). A look at why in rural areas one-in-five men between 25 and 64 are without a job and only a quarter of these claim unemployment.For a copy please contact Rural Development Commission 01722 336255
60.The Detached Male Workforce - by Christina Beatty and Stephen Fothergill (July 1999). A paper that looks at the rise of people neither employed nor actively seeking employment. By 1997 more than a quarter of all men 50-64 were inactive. Available as a paper back, £10 from SHU Press.
61. Incapacity Benefit and Unemployment – by Christina Beatty and Stephen Fothergill, Sheffield Hallam University (July 1999). A look at how unemployment figures are artificially low due to large numbers of unemployed people claiming Incapacity Benefit instead. There are some aspects looking at why this is particularly high amongst the 50+. Available as a paper back, £10 from SHU Press.
62. The Decline of Employment among Older People in Britain – by Nigel Campbell (1999). The report shows that there is a decline of employment of older people, that this is a persistent trend, and then looks at the reasons why this may be the case. www.sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/Paper19.pdf
63.Finding work in rural areas: barriers and bridges – from www.jrf.org.uk (October 1999). A look at the barriers to labour market participation and bridges into employment in two contrasting rural labour markets.
64. Attitudes to work and unemployment among Older People and Implications for support group strategies.
For a copy contact PRIME 0208 765 783365. Characteristics of Workless People between 50 and the State Pension Age. Looks at men and women separately and looks at why they are unemployed. It looks at volunteering, caring and learning as three fields that many 50+ people are in.
66. The New Deal for the Over-50s Unemployed - A document looking at the problem of unemployment of the over50s and why this age group find it hard to regain employment; it then looks at how the New Deal can help this age group
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