Chris Woolliscroft

Economist at Cambridge Econometrics and ex-Civil Servant. Gardener, motorcyclist and personal finance enthusiast. Views are my own.

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

@YWHelp Thanks for your prompt reply Steven. It looks like it has just this minute come back on!

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

@YWHelp

Hello Yorkshire Water. We have no water in WF10 at the moment. Can you let me know what's happening and when it will be back on please?

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

Really rather misleading, but the fact that it is expressed so confidently almost made me doubt my own eyes and wonder if I was missing something...

[Amihai Glazer @AmihaiGlazer]

States where physicians are highly paid have lower Covid-19 mortality per capita.

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

Tricky times for 2020 graduates. Some could choose to stay in education; the returns for higher degrees are decent in general. But these are not 'general' times and postgraduate qualifications aren't for everyone. Some may be better off in the labour market, even a slack one.

[Institute for Employment Studies @EmploymtStudies]

In her latest blog, @BecciNewton13 considers the career prospects for graduates entering the labour market in a #Covid_19 #recession. https://t.co/R0ZyvUz6CM

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

Today's ONS labour market stats are unsurprising: we have been in lockdown, after all. Gvt intervention has for now, prevented a rise in Covid-related unemployment. But for how long? How many furloughed jobs still exist? Things will probably get worse before they get better.

[Office for National Statistics (ONS) @ONS]

76.4% of people aged 16 to 64 were in paid work in February to April 2020 – 0.1 percentage points lower than the previous quarter and 0.3 percentage points higher than a year earlier

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

The problem here is that an Apprenticeship is also a job: this can't be guaranteed. Plus, an Apprenticeship won't be the right option for lots of young people. Need to look at this carefully if we really want to support young people through this crisis.

[FE Week @FEWeek]

Prime minister @BorisJohnson says it’s 'going to be vital we guarantee apprenticeships for young people' in his Covid-19 briefing today. Here's what he said on the idea last week after it was proposed by @halfon4harlowMP https://t.co/1PCg4PXo50

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

Really clear and informative blog by Anne. Young people are vulnerable as they are new labour market entrants, more likely to work in shut down sectors and more likely to stay in education in an uncertain labour market (is there capacity?). V. important they get the right help.

[Anne E Green @Anne_E_Green]

For my latest @CityREDI @WM_REDI blog on unemployment and labour market policy see https://t.co/3EWfbCMza4 - also see https://t.co/bwcPNqStHX from Jonathan Payne @dmuleicester with searching questions for future research on work #COVID19

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

Good article this. Although I find I'm in more meetings rather than fewer these days! #flexibleworking #homeworking

https://t.co/vrLFhtMOes

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

An interesting article, but there's a difference between WFH and taking work home, which I'm not sure this picks up. Perhaps we'll all get fed up of WFH and rush back to our offices ASAP; or maybe we'll embrace it and see a step-change in working patterns. We'll see.

[Office for National Statistics (ONS) @ONS]

Due to #Coronavirus, the government has said people must work from home where possible.

There are 32.6 million people in employment in the UK, but only nine million (less than 30%) have ever worked from home in their current job #COVID19
https://t.co/gYS4L7EeVM

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

Excellent news. Working Futures, out now!

[Cambridge Econometrics @CambridgeEcon]

Published today by @educationgovuk: the UK’s most-detailed set of labour market and skills projections to the year 2027 with @WarwickIER
#WorkingFutures #LabourMarket #ManufacturingUK
https://t.co/25jMZN1cNj

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

Good article by @nickhillman. A reminder that public funds are limited and the decision about whether to fund something publicly depends on more than the public benefit it provides.

[Nick Hillman @nickhillman]

How much should taxpayers contribute to your higher education? (And why it may not be the proportion you think) https://t.co/Y0XZweDnIu

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

As someone who used to work in childcare policy analysis and who now works in labour market analysis, I found this a very interesting article, for lots of reasons.

[Financial Times @FinancialTimes]

What does working at the weekend do to our families and wellbeing? https://t.co/STAWLpVLis

[Cullen Roche @cullenroche]

Say it with me now:

👏👏👏👏YOUR CAR DOESN'T DEFINE YOUR SOCIAL STATUS👏👏👏👏

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

Record breaking labour market figures from @ONS this morning. Though they mostly are these days. The number of women in employment & aged 65+ seems to be creeping up: by 14% year on year. Great for many reasons, not so great if you thought you would be retired by now.

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

In some ways, I think the labour market is still a buyers’ market, with political and economic uncertainty increasing workers’ risk aversion and making them less likely to move jobs, which is important for pay growth. @CambridgeEcon

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

Interesting analysis from @ONS today on why earnings have remained subdued despite the tightening labour market. I’m going for self-employment & gig economy, lack of productivity growth & public sector pay restraint.

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

Traditional measures of underemployment don’t seem to help here. The % of employees working part-time is at pre-recession levels, as is (more or less) the % working part-time because they could not find a full-time job. Same for temp employees who could not find a perm job.

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

Good to see @ONS adding to the debate on job quality. 48 hours seems a lot, mind... Only part of the story of course: people may sacrifice other elements of job quality to get their desired hours for example, but still good stuff. @CambridgeEcon

[Office for National Statistics (ONS) @ONS]

Four in five (80%) employees work ‘satisfactory’ hours (48 hours or fewer, not underemployed) https://t.co/Dbw2XRUqOE

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

As a researcher, a manager and a mentor of junior staff, I found this morning's discussion of workplace progression with @EmploymtStudies hugely inspiring. #progressinwork @CambridgeEcon

[Chris Woolliscroft @CWoolliscroft]

Interesting labour market stats from the @ONS this morning. Employment down on the quarter, driven by a fall in part-time employment. Temp employment down, particularly amongst those who don't want perm work. Employers shedding labour due to Brexit uncertainty? @CambridgeEcon