Restructuring the Labour Market
The Implications for Youth

A combination of qualitative and quantitative data, collected at both a national and a local level, examining the impact of the recession on the structure of youth labour markets, and contributing to the development of labour market segmentation theory.

This is a combination of qualitative and quantitative data, collected at both a national and a local level, examining the impact of the recession on the structure of youth labour markets, and contributing to the development of labour market segmentation theory. This book attempts to explain the main changes which have transformed the labour market during the recession. It demonstrates the segmented character of the youth labour market and the significance of the local labour markets. It provides an analysis of social policy in this field.

List of Tables - List of Figures - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Conceptualising the Youth Labour Market - The Impact of the Recession - Determinants of the General Demand for Labour at the Level of the Firm - Structuring the Supply of Workers - Determinants of the Type of Labour employed at the Level of the Firm - Changes in Labour Demand during the Recession - The Segmentation of the Youth Labour Market - Local Labour Markets - The Youth Labour Market and Social Policy - Bibliography - Index