Yates, E. orcid.org/0000-0001-9886-455X (2018) Reproducing low-wage labour: capital accumulation, labour markets and young workers. Industrial Relations Journal, 48 (5-6). pp. 463-481. ISSN 0019-8692
Abstract
Drawing on evidence from Greater Manchester, this article examines how structural changes in capital accumulation have created particular labour market outcomes, which have led to young people becoming a source of cheap labour for the growing low‐wage service economy. Greater Manchester has been selected as a case study because of the sectoral composition of its labour market and because levels of low pay for young workers are above the national low‐pay average of 40 per cent. The research reveals that it is necessary to move beyond sociological explanations that concentrate on the ‘essential youthfulness’ of young people and instead draw on analytical categories from political economy in order to understand the structural causes of young people's material circumstances.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Brian Towers (BRITOW) and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Industrial Relations Journal. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 07 Nov 2018 15:38 |
Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2019 00:39 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12195 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/irj.12195 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:138261 |