According to the Labour Force Survey, about 20%(approximately 7.5 million) of the non-student
working-age population were not in paid employment in 2002. Of these people about …

Discussions of the UK's recent labour market performance commonly mention the contrasting
trends in the unemployment rate (down), the employment rate (up) and the inactivity rate (…

Measuring employment and unemployment is essential for economic policy. Internationally
agreed measures (eg headcount employment and unemployment rates based on standard …

This study analyses the determinants of labour force transition to inactivity in the German
labour market. Using German Labour Force Survey data the influence on the transition flow to …

This paper documents a number of facts about worker gross flows in the United Kingdom for
the period between 1993 and 2010. Using Labour Force Survey data, I examine the size …

DESPITE UNEMPLOYMENT rates falling over the past decade, inactivity rates have remained
relatively stable and high, at around 21-22 per cent for people of working age. At the same …

In this paper the extent to which recent patterns in UK labour force participation have been
influenced by trend and business cycle factors is investigated. A modelling strategy is …

… See Jones, Jerry, Michael Joyce, and Jonathan Thomas, “Non-Employment and Labour
Availability,” Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, Autumn 2003, pp. 291–303. …

In this paper I use the Labour Force Survey to obtain stylised facts about worker gross flows
in the United Kingdom. I analyse the size and cyclicality of the flows between employment, …