#Unemployment leads to reduced #educational #aspirations among #schoolchildren @WorkFoundation @NUT @UnemployedNet The #WorkFoundation has uncovered evidence that high unemployment leads to reduced educational aspirations among schoolchildren from #LowEducated backgrounds, but that it has no effect on those with more #HighlyEducated #parents. This is a concern not just because these children may under-perform in school and in later life, but because they may fall further behind their more #privileged #peers, with consequences for social #inequality. Other evidence suggests that young people leaving education in a #recession suffer the consequences for years afterwards. In particular we find that men who started out during a recession had #LowerWages and were more likely to be #unemployed or in non-standard work even ten years later. Part of the explanation may be the #scarring effect of unemployment. In ongoing work we are looking at the how the unemployed fared at various times over the last twenty years, including two #recessions and a #boom. Even in good times, if a person is unemployed it is always more difficult to find a new job. But during recessions, we find that this scarring effect of unemployment is considerably worse and is much more likely to lead to a period of long-term unemployment. Our findings underscore that recessions are doubly bad: they not only raise the number of unemployed, they increase the chances of staying unemployed for longer, with potential adverse effects on #skills and #employability. Despite the strong recovery, the consequences of the recession could be with us for a long time yet. Policy makers need to make sure that measures are in place to support young people emerging into the post-recession labour market.
Posted on: Sat, 31 May 2014 14:20:01 +0000
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