CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
On the Margins: Low Pay or No Pay
27th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE RADICAL STATISTICS GROUP
Room A220 London School of Economics, Houghton St, London
Saturday February 24th 2001, 10am-5pm
The theme is low pay, non-employment and transitions between these
states, including consideration of minimum wages, insecure employment,
wage subsidies, unemployment traps, Basic Income and the informal
economy.
10 - 10.30 REGISTRATION
10.30 Low Pay Statistics - the broad picture
Bharti Patel (The Low Pay Unit)
11.00 COFFEE BREAK
11.30 Low pay and social exclusion
Ruth Levitas (Bristol University)
11.45 Job insecurity (provisional)
Kevin Doogan (Bristol University)
12.00 Pay Inequality: a new source of statistics on pay differentials
Prem Sikka and Bob Wearing (Essex University)
12.30 Low paid work and family life: Reflections on recent policy
developments
Hartley Dean (Luton University)
1.00 LUNCH
2.00 Basic Income: Effects on employment and wages
Stuart Duffin and Paula Desai (Citizens Income Trust)
2.30 Speenhamland Revisited (provisional title)
Holly Sutherland and Frank Wilkinson (Cambridge Univ, Dept of Applied
Economics)
3.00 TEA BREAK
3.30 - 5.00 Radical Statistics AGM
NOTE: Vouchers will be provided to buy refreshments in the Brunchbowl
cafeteria, 4th floor
Saturday evening: Social and meal at The George, 213, The Strand (Oliver
Goldsmith's and Sam Johnson's local). Food will include fish and a range
of vegetarian options.
CONFERENCE BOOKING FORM
Surname Forename
Address Telephone
No.
Email
Do you require a creche for children? What age(s)
(a creche will be provided if there is sufficient demand)
Do you require special facilities due to disability? Please specify;
Conference fee (includes lunch and other refreshments):
Radical Statistics members #20 waged/#10 unwaged
Non-members #25 waged/#12.50 unwaged
(For non-members the fee includes a year's introductory membership of
Radical Statistics)
PAYMENT MUST BE MADE BEFORE THE CONFERENCE
The evening meal at The George costs a further #8.50 per person but must
be booked on this form and paid for in advance.
Cheque enclosed #20 #10 #25 #12.50
Plus #8.50 if you will be coming to the evening meal
Total
Do you require a receipt?
Yes No
Please send the completed booking form and your cheque, payable to
Radical Statistics, to:
Pete Latarche, 10, Ruskin Avenue, Heaton, Bradford BD9 6ER
Getting there:
*Nearest tube station is Temple (Circle line), 5 mins walk north to LSE,
located on north side of Aldwych
*From Holborn tube (Central line), take a bus (68, 91, 168, 505) or walk
10 mins south to Aldwych
*From Euston take a bus (as above) south from Upper Woburn Place via
Southampton Row and Kingsway
-- Room A220 is in the Old Building, 2nd floor. Choice of two lifts or
stairs. The route will be signposted.
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