Download full text
(652.1Kb)
Citation Suggestion
Please use the following Persistent Identifier (PID) to cite this document:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-134094
Exports for your reference manager
The spacial pattern of economic activity and inactivity in Britain: people or place effects?
[journal article]
Abstract Incapacity Benefit claimants are the primary target group in the next phase of the Government's Welfare-to-Work strategy. In this paper we perform a decomposition to statistically account for the part played by area-based and individual-based factors, in differential rates of employment, unemploymen... view more
Incapacity Benefit claimants are the primary target group in the next phase of the Government's Welfare-to-Work strategy. In this paper we perform a decomposition to statistically account for the part played by area-based and individual-based factors, in differential rates of employment, unemployment, inactivity and recorded sickness, across NUTS level 2 areas. Spatial variation in long-term sickness and disability cannot simply be attributed to prevailing population structures, and is more likely to be a manifestation of regional imbalances in labour demand and supply. The implication is that the success of supply-side policies is likely to be constrained by the concentration of Incapacity Benefit claimants in demand-deficient areas.... view less
Classification
Employment Research
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 877-897
Journal
Regional Studies, 43 (2009) 7
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400801968395
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)