Work to Welfare: How Men Become Detached from the Labour Market

Pete Alcock; Christina Beatty; Stephen Fothergill; Rob MacMillan; Sue Yeandle

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511488955

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of figures
pp vii-viii

List of tables
pp ix-x

Notes on the authors
pp xi-xii

Preface
pp xiii-xvi

List of abbreviations
pp xvii-xviii

Part I - The context for labour market detachment
pp 1-2

1 - The UK labour market
pp 3-24

2 - The international context
pp 25-55

3 - The benefits system
pp 56-76

Part II - New evidence from the UK
pp 77-78

4 - The detached male workforce
pp 79-110

5 - Incapacity Benefit and unemployment
pp 111-139

6 - The over 50s
pp 140-161

7 - Family, life course and labour market detachment
pp 162-186

8 - The role of health in labour market detachment
pp 187-205

9 - Getting by
pp 206-227

10 - Back to work?
pp 228-248

Part III - The policy implications
pp 249-250

11 - New roles, New Deal
pp 251-268

Appendix: Research methodology
pp 269-274

References
pp 275-283

Index
pp 284-291

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