The Impact of Welfare Reform in Scotland - Tracking Study - Sweep 4 Report
Report
Graham, H., Egdell, V., McQuaid, R. & Raeside, R. (2016)
The Impact of Welfare Reform in Scotland - Tracking Study - Sweep 4 Report. Edinburgh: Scottish Government
The aim of this study was to explore the impact of ongoing welfare changes on a range of working age households in Scotland. The study consisted of four interview sweeps over ...
Demographic change and labour markets.
Journal Article
Lisenkova, K., McQuaid, R. W., & Wright, R. E. (2010)
Demographic change and labour markets. Contemporary Social Science, 5, 243-259. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450144.2010.480828
Two processes are expected to increasingly characterise demographic change in the 21st century in many countries: population ageing and potential population decline. Although ...
Introduction: Economics of an ageing world
Journal Article
Lisenkova, K., McQuaid, R. W., & Wright, R. E. (2010)
Introduction: Economics of an ageing world. Contemporary Social Science, 5, 229-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450144.2010.480822
Employers’ responses to demographic changes in rural labour markets: the case of Dumfries and Galloway.
Journal Article
Hollywood, E., & McQuaid, R. W. (2007)
Employers’ responses to demographic changes in rural labour markets: the case of Dumfries and Galloway. Local Economy, 22, 148-162. https://doi.org/10.1080/02690940701390765
Employers in many rural areas are facing the problem of a declining workforce due to demographic changes in the population. These demographic changes are a result of a combina...
Avoiding the ‘McJobs’: Unemployed Job Seekers and Attitudes to Service Work
Journal Article
Lindsay, C., & McQuaid, R. W. (2004)
Avoiding the ‘McJobs’: Unemployed Job Seekers and Attitudes to Service Work. Work, Employment and Society, 18(2), 297-319. https://doi.org/10.1177/09500172004042771
Service employment plays an increasingly important role in the UK economy. However, it has been suggested that some forms of service work are unattractive for many unemployed ...
Demographic change in Scotland-older workers in the Scottish labour market.
Conference Proceeding
Hollywood, E., Brown, R., Danson, M., & McQuaid, R. W. (2003)
Demographic change in Scotland-older workers in the Scottish labour market
Employability and long-term unemployment in local labour markets.
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W., & Lindsay, C. (2003)
Employability and long-term unemployment in local labour markets
Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets.
Journal Article
Lindsay, C., McCracken, M. G., & McQuaid, R. W. (2003)
Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets. Journal of Rural Studies, 19, 187-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0743-0167%2802%2900067-0
This paper analyses the barriers to work faced by long- and short-term unemployed people in remote rural labour markets. Applying a broad concept of 'employability' as an anal...
Theory of partnerships - why have partnerships?
Book Chapter
McQuaid, R. W. (2000)
Theory of partnerships - why have partnerships?. In S. P. Osborne (Ed.), Public-private Partnerships for Public Services: An International Perspective, 9-35. Routledge