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abstract: 'This paper analyses the barriers to work faced by long- and short-term
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unemployed people in remote rural labour markets. Applying a broad
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concept of `employability'' as an analytical framework, it considers the
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attributes and experiences of 190 job seekers (22\% of the registered
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unemployed) in two contiguous travel-to-work areas (Wick and Sutherland)
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in the northern Highlands of Scotland. The labour demand side of
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employability is also considered through interviews with 17 employers.
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The paper identifies the specific job search and other employment
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problems faced by unemployed people living in isolated rural communities
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(labour supply); considers the perspective of employers (labour demand);
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and discusses potential policies to address the needs of unemployed
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individuals. Many job seekers were found to have gaps in generic and
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job-specific skills, whilst some (particularly males) were reluctant to
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pursue opportunities in non-traditional sectors of the economy. The
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importance of informal job search and recruitment networks (which may
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exclude the young and the long-term unemployed) and the lack of access
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to formal employment services in remote areas also potentially
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contributed to labour market disadvantage. Holistic and client-centred
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solutions are required to address the barriers faced by these rural job
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seekers, including adult basic education provision, flexible training
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focussing on skills and work experience with particular relevance to the
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new rural economy, and support services for job seekers in isolated
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areas. These supply-side policies should be combined with demand-side
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measures to stimulate endogenous and exogenous growth in isolated local
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economies. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.'
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affiliation: 'McQuaid, RW (Corresponding Author), Napier Univ, Inst Employment Res,
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Redwood House,66 Spylaw Rd, Edinburgh EH10 5BR, Midlothian, Scotland.
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Napier Univ, Inst Employment Res, Edinburgh EH10 5BR, Midlothian, Scotland.
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Napier Univ, Sch Management, Edinburgh EH14 1DJ, Midlothian, Scotland.'
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article-number: PII S0743-0167(02)00067-0
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author: Lindsay, C and McCracken, M and McQuaid, RW
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author-email: r.mcquaid@napier.ac.uk
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author_list:
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- family: Lindsay
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given: C
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- family: McCracken
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given: M
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- family: McQuaid
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given: RW
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/S0743-0167(02)00067-0
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files: []
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issn: 0743-0167
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journal: JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
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keywords: unemployment; employability; labour markets; remote rural areas
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keywords-plus: INFORMATION; NETWORKS
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language: English
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month: APR
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '49'
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orcid-numbers: 'McQuaid, Ronald/0000-0002-5342-7097
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Lindsay, Colin/0000-0003-2493-6797'
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pages: 187-200
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papis_id: b22aeecc9ca97fef2a07e094ae75154c
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ref: Lindsay2003unemploymentduration
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researcherid-numbers: 'McQuaid, Ronald/K-6219-2012
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times-cited: '45'
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title: Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000181952800004
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usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
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usage-count-since-2013: '18'
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volume: '19'
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web-of-science-categories: Geography; Regional \& Urban Planning
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year: '2003'
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