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The trouble with inactivity

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  • Stephen Machin
  • Jonathan Wadsworth

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Concerns about a recent rise in economic inactivity have prompted new policies aimed at discouraging early retirement and encouraging the labour force participation of women with young children. Stephen Machin and Jonathan Wadsworth argue that such interventions would be more cost-effective if targeted at groups for whom inactivity is a longstanding issue.

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  • Stephen Machin & Jonathan Wadsworth, 2023. "The trouble with inactivity," CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance 663, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    • Handle: RePEc:cep:cepcnp:663
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    economic inactivity; inactivity; labour; uk economic inactivity rate; growth; wages; retirement age;
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