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Long-term unemployment: there is no easy fix

22 October 2013

The Great Recession has brought with it a significant increase in the long-term unemployed. This is especially concerning as long-term unemployment has detrimental effects on the individuals involved, affecting mental and physical well-being. Concerns about the consequences of long-term unemployment and existing policy evaluations provide a useful framework to evaluate the strategy proposed by George Osborne to tackle long-term unemployment in the UK, writes Barbara Petrongolo.

The article was published online on the LSE Politics and Policy blog on October 22, 2013
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Related links
Barbara Petrongolo webpage
Labour Markets Programme webpage
Barbara Petrongolo CEP publications webpage

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