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  --rise and fall of
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  --wage inequality.
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  --southern european
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     britain.
  --child labour.
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Inequalities in Unemployment

Whilst there is a substantial knowledge about the incidence and duration of unemployment across different population sub-groups, little is known about the incidence of repeat spells of unemployment. We examine the extent to which individuals experience repeat spells of unemployment over their lifetimes and the distribution of 'unemployment time' across individuals. The data show that repeat spells of unemployment are quite common, with 40 per cent of those leaving unemployment experiencing another spell within 6 months. However, unemployment does touch a large proportion of the population at some point in time. For example, in June 1996 the percentage of our sample experiencing unemployment was 9 per cent. However, 17 per cent of the sample experience unemployment at some point over the whole of 1996 year and 33 per cent over a three year period; 1995-97. However, most of these additional individuals that experience some unemployment over these time spans only have short spells of unemployment; the bulk of unemployment falls on a core group of individuals.

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