The interrelational of active labour market policy and immigration policy in post-war Britain

本研究从两个不同但又相互关联的角度揭示了70年代末和撒切尔时代初少数民族青年的特征：首先，利用1983年劳动力调查的数据，分析了16-24岁青年的社会经济特征;种族之间存在着显著的差异。然而，调查结果显示，简单地将“白色”和“少数族裔”一分为二，并不足以理解英国劳动力市场的分割。第二，大量社会研究报告和政府文件表明，针对失业青年的所谓培训计划确实将他们推向了不稳定和低工资的工作岗位。在这一政策的背后，是撒切尔夫人坚信年轻人的价格过高，使他们无法进入劳动力市场。

This research has revealed characteristics of the ethnic minority youth in the later 1970s and early Thatcher era from two different but inter-related points of view.First, by using the data set from 1983 Labour Force Survey, the research has analysed the socio-economic characteristics of the youth aged 16-24. Thee were significant disparities by ethnicity. However, the results revealed that simple dichotomy of 'white' and 'ethnic minority' fell short to understand the segmented British labour market.Second, numerous social research reports and government papers has shown that so-called training schemes aimed for the unemployed youth did push them into jobs signalised by instability and low pay. Behind this policy was Mrs. Thatcher's conviction that the youth were pricing themselves out of labour market.