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Work and Inequality
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Tough Gig: Tackling low paid self employment in London & the UK
This report looks at the growing problem of low paid self employment in the UK and offers recommendations on what the government can do to address this important issue.
Published: | 18 October 2016 |
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Author(s): | Nida Broughton, Ben Richards |
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Working Well: How employers can improve the wellbeing and productivity of their workforce
In this report we consider ways in which we can reduce stress and boost workplace engagement to help improve UK productivity.
Published: | 25 January 2016 |
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Author: | Katie Evans |
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Happiness and productivity: Understanding the happy-productive worker
This is the fourth briefing paper in the Global Perspectives series which is a collaboration between the Social Market Foundation and the University of Warwick’s Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE). This paper draws on experimental work linking happiness to productivity.
Published: | 27 October 2015 |
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Author: | Daniel Sgroi |
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Self-Employment and Ethnicity: An escape from poverty?
Why are some ethnic groups more likely to be self-employed? Is it a route to social mobility or a reflection of being locked out of other jobs? This paper looks at how self-employment compares, and has changed, across ethnic groups in the UK.
Published: | 12 August 2015 |
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Author: | Nida Broughton |
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SMF Briefing: Interpreting Work Programme performance
This short briefing provides a guide to interpreting the official Work Programme figures when they are released. We examine what the likely performance levels will be, based on past performance; explore the impact both of the economic context and the set-up of the scheme; and, draw broad conclusions about what the data release will and will not allow us to conclude about this flagship Coaltion programme.
Published: | 25 June 2013 |
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Author: | Social Market Foundation |
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SMF Briefing: The Introduction of Universal Credit
This SMF briefing gives a background to what will change under Universal Credit, sets out who will be affected, and highlights future issues of concern.
Published: | 26 April 2013 |
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Author: | Social Market Foundation |
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Will the Work Programme Work?
In this paper, the SMF examines the viability of WP by forecasting the likely performance of the providers during the first three years, based on the actual performance achieved under the Flexible New Deal (FND), Labour's welfare to work scheme.
Published: | 22 August 2011 |
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Author: | Ian Mulheirn |
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Disconnected: Social Mobility and the Creative Industries
A range of experts - Alan Milburn, Sir Win Bischoff, Stephen Overell, David Johnston and Paul Collard – offer their thoughts on why social mobility is so low in the creative industries, and how policymakers and the industry can improve it.
Published: | 01 December 2010 |
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Author: | Ryan Shorthouse |
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Vicious Cycles: Sustained employment and welfare reform for the next decade
SMF’s latest report "Vicious Cycles: Sustained employment and welfare reform for the next decade" focuses on the direction of welfare reform for the next decade.
Published: | 06 July 2009 |
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Author(s): | Beth Foley, Ian Mulheirn, Jessica Prendergrast, Verena Menne |