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Local Responses to Longterm Unemployment: Delivering Access to Employment in Edinburgh

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  • Colin Lindsay

    (Institute, Napier University, 66 Spylaw Road, Edinburgh EH10 5BR, UK.)

  • Garry Sturgeon

    (Department, City of Edinburgh Council, 1 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh EH1 1ZW, UK.)

Abstract

This paper examines locally developed policy responses to long-term unemployment in the city of Edinburgh: a labour market characterised by relatively lowunemployment and generally high levels of demand. Drawing upon in-depth interviews with 115 long-term unemployed people residing in the city, the paper first analyses the complex combination of barriers to work faced by members of this client group. Two recent labour market initiatives, developed by the local authority in partnership with other public and third sector agencies and (in one case) major employers, are then discussed. It is suggested that this locally focused, partnership-based approach may provide a useful model for local policy responses to long-term unemployment, particularly in buoyant labour markets.

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  • Colin Lindsay & Garry Sturgeon, 2003. "Local Responses to Longterm Unemployment: Delivering Access to Employment in Edinburgh," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 18(2), pages 159-173, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:loceco:v:18:y:2003:i:2:p:159-173
    DOI: 10.1080/0269094032000061387
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