- Senior Economic Advisor at The Work Foundation, Lancaster University
The sharing economy has not, so far, changed the structure of employment and it would require a sudden and unprecedented shift which reversed very recent trends for it to do so.
The drop in the number of people working reflects both more older people taking pensions and an underlying weakness in the economy.
This was a bombshell of a budget, signalling direct interventions in the labour market that went far beyond what most observers were expecting.
Instant reaction from academics as George Osborne delivers his post-election budget.
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