Britain’s Older Employees in Decline, 1990-2006: a panel analysis of pay

Smeaton, D. and White, M. 2018. Britain’s Older Employees in Decline, 1990-2006: a panel analysis of pay. Work, Employment & Society. 32 (1), pp. 93-113. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017016687717

TitleBritain’s Older Employees in Decline, 1990-2006: a panel analysis of pay
TypeJournal article
AuthorsSmeaton, D. and White, M.
Abstract

Older employees’ wages and earnings declined over the period 1991–2006, when compared with younger employees. The overall fall in relative wages was about 18 per cent, and for relative earnings 21 per cent. The article argues that this change was predictable in view of the pressures of ‘globalization’ resulting in increased competition, and intensified technological and organizational change, for many employers from the 1990s onward. The relative fall in older female and male employees’ pay had set in by the mid-1990s and it proceeded over the whole period to 2006.

JournalWork, Employment & Society
Journal citation32 (1), pp. 93-113
ISSN0950-0170
Year2018
PublisherSage
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017016687717
Publication dates
Published online20 Mar 2017
Published20 Mar 2017
Published in printFeb 2018
FunderESRC (Economic & Social Research Council)

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