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Mining, migration and mobility: towards an understanding of the relationship between migration and occupation in the context of the UK mining industry. (2002)
Journal Article
Hollywood, E. (2002). Mining, migration and mobility: towards an understanding of the relationship between migration and occupation in the context of the UK mining industry. International Journal of Population Geography, 8, 297-314. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijpg.264

The large-scale decline of the UK mining industry in recent years has led to significant job losses, unemployment and inactivity throughout the coalfields. This paper aims to examine the role of migration as a response to these closures during the la... Read More about Mining, migration and mobility: towards an understanding of the relationship between migration and occupation in the context of the UK mining industry..

Changing perceptions: an analysis of long-term unemployment in five areas of Edinburgh. (2002)
Preprint / Working Paper
Hollywood, E., Lindsay, C., McQuaid, R. W., & Winterton, J. Changing perceptions: an analysis of long-term unemployment in five areas of Edinburgh

This project involved research into the barriers to work faced by very long-term unemployed people in five disadvantaged areas of Edinburgh. Interviews were carried out with 115 job seekers who had been out of work for more than one year and resided... Read More about Changing perceptions: an analysis of long-term unemployment in five areas of Edinburgh..

The 1999 employment action plan: interpretation of the entrepreneurship pillar in the UK (2000)
Book Chapter
Hollywood, E., Wallis, E., & Winterton, J. (2000). The 1999 employment action plan: interpretation of the entrepreneurship pillar in the UK. In Contested territory. Entrepreneurship in the European Employment Strategy. European Trade Union Institute

This project examined in detail the Entrepreneurship pillar of the European Employment Strategy. The project addressed the role of Entrepreneurship as a tool for job creation in the UK focusing on the relationship between entrepreneurship and SMEs an... Read More about The 1999 employment action plan: interpretation of the entrepreneurship pillar in the UK.

Integration in the workplace: emerging employment practiceon age, sexual orientation and religion or belief.
Report
Bond, S., Hollywood, E., & Colgan, F. Integration in the workplace: emerging employment practiceon age, sexual orientation and religion or belief. Equality and Human Rights Commission

This report outlines findings from research carried out for the Equality and Human Rights Commission by the Employment Research Institute (ERI) at Edinburgh Napier University and the Comparative Organisation and Equality Research Centre (COERC) at Lo... Read More about Integration in the workplace: emerging employment practiceon age, sexual orientation and religion or belief..