RICHARD DICKENS is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and lectures at Queen Mary, University of London. - PAUL GREGG is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and lectures at the University of Bristol. He is also a member of the Council of Economic Advisers at HM Treasury. - JONATHAN WADSWORTH is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and lectures at Royal Holloway College, University of London. -

• Introduction PART I: WORK, UNEMPLOYMENT AND INACTIVITY The Impact of the New Deal for Young People on the Labour Market: A Four Year Assessment; R.Blundell, H.Reed, J.Van Reenen & A.Shephard Workless Households and the Recovery; P.Gregg & J.Wadsworth The Rise in Inactivity Among Adult Men; G.Faggio & S.Nickell & D.Hawkes McJobs and MacJobs: The Growing Polarisation of Jobs in the UK; M.Goos & A.Manning Labour Market Prospects of Less Skilled Workers Over the Recovery; P.Gregg & J.Wadsworth Welfare Reform and the Employment of Lone Parents; P.Gregg & S.Harkness The Labour Market Performance of Ethnic Minorities in the Recovery; J.Wadsworth PART II: HOURS, EFFORT AND REPRESENTATION AT WORK The Demands of Work; F.Green The Household Division of Labour: Changes in Families' Allocation of Paid and Unpaid Work, 1992-2002; S.Harkness Trade Unions; D.Metcalf PART III: WAGES Wage Inequality Since 1975; S.Machin Minimum Wage, Minimum Impact; R.Dickens & A.Manning Public and Private Sector Labour Markets; P.Dolton & S.McIntosh Gender and Labour Market Performance in the Recovery; H.Robinson PART IV: INCOMES, EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITY Skills in the UK; S.McIntosh Access to Education; A.Goodman & L.McGranahan Higher Education, Family Income and Changes in Intergenerational Mobility; S.Machin Child Poverty in Britain; R.Dickens & D.T.Ellwood