Employment, skills and growth was prepared for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Inclusive Growth event The Good Economy, taking place on Wednesday 4 February 2015.
While the return of economic growth to the UK has been coupled with high levels of job creation, levels of pay – linked to low productivity growth – remain a big issue. In this paper, we look at two aspects of the challenge: the interaction between skills and wage prospects; and the prospects for spreading the dividend that appears to arise from continuous as opposed to short-term employment.