Nigel Meager

Associate

BA, MPhil, FAcSS, FRSA

Nigel is a labour economist by training, and an established international expert on labour market and employment policy issues. He has worked at IES since 1984, following posts at the Universities of Bath and Glasgow. He was Director of the Institute from 2004 until September 2018. In 1990-91 he was a senior research fellow at the Social Science Research Centre (WZB) in Berlin.

He has a long and varied research track record covering the functioning of national, regional and local labour markets, unemployment, skill shortages, labour market flexibility, changing patterns of work and equal opportunity policies and practices. He has, since the late 1980s, had a particular interest in the role of self-employment and small businesses in the labour market, and has published widely on this topic.

A major strand of his work has focused on the evaluation of public training and employment programmes and active labour market measures, with a particular focus on the participation of disabled people and other disadvantaged groups in the labour market. He recently led the official evaluation of the UK government’s Work Programme, for the Department of Work and Pensions. Much of his work has an international emphasis and he is especially interested in the comparison of labour market policies between European countries, and in the identification and transfer of good practice in policy development.

He has been (1996-99 and 2003-04) the UK expert on the European Commission’s ‘Employment Observatory’ and a Thematic Expert for the Observatory (2011-13). In partnership with ÖSB Consulting in Vienna he jointly led (2003-08) the Mutual Learning Programme of the European Employment Strategy, and the Peer Review and Assessment in Social Inclusion (2006-2016), both on behalf of the European Commission.

He has been a specialist adviser to various select committees of the British House of Commons: the Education and Employment committee (in 1996-97, and 1998-99), the Trade and Industry committee (2004-05) and the Work and Pensions committee (2008-09). He has been the UK representative on the European Commission’s Expert Group on the Employment of Disabled People and a member of the Employment and Training Committee of the Royal National Institute of Blind People. He has been a member of the Advisory Group on the Impact of Employment Regulation of the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and the expert advisory panel of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES). He was also a Visiting Fellow of the UKCES (2011-12). From 2008-2012 he was chair of the Executive Committee of the UK Association of Research Centres in the Social Sciences (ARCISS). He is a Trustee of the Social Research Association and in October 2016 he was conferred as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in recognition of his contribution to social science.

Education

1979 Nuffield College, Oxford MPhil, Economics
1977 Wadham College, Oxford BA, Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Career

2018- Principal Associate, Institute for Employment Studies
2004‑2018 Director, Institute for Employment Studies
2001‑2004 Deputy Director, Institute for Employment Studies
1993‑2001 Associate Director, Institute for Employment Studies
1992‑1993 Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Employment Studies
1990‑1991 Senior Guest Fellow, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Berlin
1984‑1990 Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Manpower Studies
1981‑1984 Research Fellow, Department for Social and Economic Research, University of Glasgow
1979‑1981 Research Officer, Centre for European Industrial Studies, University of Bath
1973‑1974 Research Assistant, Royal Institute of British Architects

CV Details

50 years on from IES' foundation and some Directorial reflections

UK labour market tightens but wage growth remains sluggish; no turning point in sight

UK labour market statistics: more of the same tightness with early signs of a pick-up in wage growth?

Labour market statistics: move along, nothing (much) to see here

New gig economy study reveals diversity of worker experiences

Is the UK's recent labour market boom finally running out of steam?

Professor Mike Campbell

UK labour market statistics... still no change?

Responses to the Spring Budget 2017 from the Institute for Employment Studies

Anticipated employer nervousness about Brexit has yet to show up

IES Viewpoint: UK employment and Brexit: the issues

Labour market remains strong in early post-referendum period, but watch this space...

New IES Brexit Observatory on the employment impact of the UK's decision to leave the EU

Brexit and employment statistics: nothing to see here... (yet)

UK labour market figures: 20 July 2016

IES Honorary Fellowship launch

IES Viewpoint: Plus ça change?

Latest job statistics: Is this as good as it gets?

Stephen Bevan returns to the Institute for Employment Studies

Once again a good jobs performance highlights underlying concerns about labour productivity

Is work getting worse, and worse for the workers?

Access all IES pdf publications free

Good news on the labour market for now, but new government’s jobs plans raise major questions about labour productivity

IES Viewpoint: The UK labour market after recession and austerity: normal business resumed?

Is the labour market recovery running out of steam?

Labour market recovery now looking solid, but will we now face skill shortages?

Peer reviews in EU social protection and social inclusion

IES VIEWPOINT: a different downturn?

Coalition government and the evidence base

The UK labour market: still stuck in the mud?

IES VIEWPOINT: Policy learning and the role of research

IES viewpoint: Lies, damned lies and migration statistics

IES Viewpoint: Employment Law and the evidence base

IES VIEWPOINT: Towards a more entrepreneurial workforce?

IES Viewpoint: When can we expect some light at the end of the UK jobs tunnel?

IES Viewpoint: Productivity puzzles and poor performance

Labour market recovery builds

More worrying news as unemployment continues to rise

Unemployment grows again

Jobs recovery remains anaemic

Still no clarity on labour market recovery

No real labour market recovery yet

Labour market downturn gathers momentum

Labour market recovery hits the rocks

Labour market slump worsens

Black Christmas for the jobs market

No green shoots in the jobs market

Jobs market: small improvements but still no light in the tunnel

Welcome fall in unemployment, but questions remain about sustainability of recovery

UK labour market: further small steps in the right direction, but still a long way to go

UK labour market: further improvement but longer-term concerns

UK labour market recovery continues

UK labour market still in the doldrums?

UK jobs market: still no signs of real improvement

UK jobs market stable as economy begins to pick up

Economic recovery now feeding through to the labour market

Labour market recovery continues

Labour market recovery now firmly established

More good news on the labour market front

Employment figures strong, but underlying paradoxes still remain

The true diversity of self-employment

The true diversity of self-employment: Executive summary

Business Start-ups & Youth Self-Employment in the UK: A Policy Literature Review

Work Programme Evaluation: the participant experience report

Slides: Future directions for employment policy and the labour market in the UK

Work Programme Evaluation: Findings from the first phase of qualitative research on programme delivery

Wages, productivity and employment: a review of theory and international data

Disability and Skills in a Changing Economy

Skills for Self-Employment

Employment and Skills: six critical priorities for the next government

Evaluation of Access to Work - Core Evaluation

Labour Market Experiences of People with Seeing Difficulties

The Role of Training and Skills Development in Active Labour Market Policies

Organisations' Responses to the Disability Discrimination Act

ICT Strategy, Disabled People and Employment in the UK

Self-employment Dynamics and 'Transitional Labour Markets'

The Labour Market Participation and Employment of Disabled People in the UK

New Deal for Disabled People

Monitoring the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995: Phase 3

Working Long Hours: a Review of the Evidence

Business Start-Up Support for Young People, Delivered by The Prince's Trust

Key Indicators of Women's Position in Britain

Awareness, Knowledge and Exercise of Individual Employment Rights

Long-term Evaluation of Self-employment Assistance Provided by the Prince's Trust

Impact on Small Businesses of Lowering the DDA Part II Threshold

Occupational Pensions and Disabled People

Monitoring the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995

Baseline Survey of the Measures in Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Relating to the Provision of Goods and Services

Employment of Disabled People: Assessing the Extent of Participation

The evaluation of active labour market measures for the long-term unemployed

Mapping Provision

Employers, Recruitment and the Unemployed

The Recruitment and Retention of People with Disabilities

LMI for Further Education: Local and Regional Perspectives

Winners and Losers

Evaluation of Workstart Pilots

Self-Employment and the Distribution of Income

Evaluation of Investors in People in England and Wales

The Case for ‘National Equality in Employment Targets’

London Labour Market Futures Study

Employers’ Attitudes Towards People with Disabilities

People with Special Training Needs and TECs

TECs and Equal Opportunities

How to Analyse Your Labour Market

The role of wages and other factors in recent Scottish Migration Flows

Self-Employment in the United Kingdom and Germany

Self-employment in the United Kingdom

Changing Working Patterns

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Job Quality and Self-Employment: Is it (Still) Better to Work for Yourself?, Meager N, in Burke A (ed), The Handbook of Research on Freelancing and Self-Employment, Senate Hall, Dublin, Ireland, November 2015

Job Quality and the Self-employed: Is It Still Better to Work for Yourself? Baumberg B, Meager N, in Felstead A, Gallie D, Green F (eds) Unequal Britain at Work, Oxford University Press, Oxford, July 2015

The labour market in 2012: some HR implications, Meager N, Human Resources, February 2012

Do the latest employment figures really suggest labour market recovery?, Meager, N, ToUChstone, TUC, June 2011

Welfare reform: a curate's egg? Meager N, Public Finance, PF Blog, March 2011

Employment of disabled people in Norway and the United Kingdom. Comparing two welfare regimes and why this is difficult, Inger Lise Skog Hansen, Tone Alm Andreassen, Nigel Meager, Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, Taylor & Francis, October 2010

Six key post-election issues for employers Meager N, Personnel Today, April 2010

Economic review Meager N, People Bulletin, July 2009

Architecture of the diffusion system in United Kingdom, with particular reference to visual impairments, Hill D, Meager N, Wilson S, Hansen, ILS (ed.), ICT in Employment. Actors involved in innovation, production, distribution and implementation of assistive ICT in Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and United Kingdom, FAFO / Work Research Institute, pp. 98-133, May 2009

The Role of Training and Skills Development in Active Labour Market Policies, Meager N, International Journal of Training and Development, 13:1, March 2009

Foreword, Meager N, The HR and Training Journal, PCSA, No. 5, December 2008

Self-employment Dynamics and ‘Transitional Labour Markets’: some more UK Evidence, Meager N, Muffels R (ed.), Flexibility and Employment Security in Europe, Edward Elgar, October 2008

Vocational Training for People at the Margin of the Labour Market: the Individual Learner Plan - A new approach Meager N, Walsh K, Mutual Learning Programme of the European Employment Strategy, European Commission - DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunties, May 2008

Déjà vu: the changing world of work in the past 20 years Meager N, Reilly P, Personnel Today, February 2008

Increasing Employment of Older Workers through Lifelong Learning Meager N, Walsh K, Mutual Learning Programme of the European Employment Strategy, European Commission - DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunties, December 2007

Matching Skills Supply and Demand: The Welsh Approach Meager N, Walsh K, Mutual Learning Programme of the European Employment Strategy, European Commission - DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunties, October 2007

Recent Developments in Active Labour Market Policies in the UK: The Shifting Focus from Unemployment to Inactivity, Meager N, de Koning J (ed.), The Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies. Measures, Public Private Partnerships and Benchmarking, Edward Elgar, Aldershot, March 2007

Costs and benefits: making the most of limited evidence, Meager N, Needels K, Schmitz R (eds), Economic and Social Costs and Benefits to Employers of Retaining, Recruiting and Employing Disabled People and/or People with Health Conditions or an injury: A review of the Evidence, Department for Work and Pensions, Research Report 400, December 2006

Legislating for equality: evaluating the DDA 1995 Meager N, Hurstfield J, Roulstone A, Barnes C (eds), Working Futures: Disabled People, Policy and Social Inclusion, Policy Press, Bristol, October 2005

Undeclared Work in the United Kingdom, Meager N, Sinclair A, European Employment Observatory Review, European Commission: Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs, Autumn September, 2004

Self-employment in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and 1990s, Meager N, Bates P, Arum R, Müller W (eds), the Reemergence of Self-Employment, Princeton University Press, April 2004

Quality in Work in the United Kingdom, Meager N, Sinclair A, European Employment Observatory Review, European Commission: Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs, Spring March, 2004

Key Indicators of Women’s Position in Britain, Hibbett A, Meager N, Labour Market Trends, Vol. 111 (10), pp. 503-12, October 2003

An evaluation of business start-up support for young people, Meager N, Bates P, Cowling M, National Institute Economic Review, No. 183, October 2003

Additional breakdown by gender of the baseline survey of working age disabled people Meager N, In Sickness and in Health: A report exploring women’s access to state and private sector incapacity benefits, Disability Alliance, Disability Alliance, July 2002

From Salary Workers to Entrepreneurial Workers?, Meager N, Bates P, Schmid G, Gazier B (eds), The Dynamics of Full Employment: Social Integration through Transitional Labour Markets, Edward Elgar, Aldershot, January, 2002

The New Deals in the United Kingdom, Meager N, Weinert P, Baukens M Bollerot P Pieschi-Gappenne M Walwei U (eds), Employability: from Theory to Practice, New Brunswick and London: Transaction Publishers, International Social Security Series Vol. 7, June 2001

The Self-Employed and Lifetime Incomes: Some UK Evidence Meager N, Bates P, International Journal of Sociology, Vol. 31(1), 27-38, Spring March, 2001

Disabled people and employment Meager N, book review in British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 38, No. 3, September 2000

Older Workers on the Labour Market in the UK, Meager N, Dench S, SYSDEM Trends, European Commission Employment Observatory, No. 33, November 1999

Disability and the labour market: findings from the DfEE Baseline Disability Survey Meager N, Hibbert A, Labour Market Trends, Office of National Statistics, September 1999

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995: findings from a recent study Meager N, Doyle B, Labour Market Trends, Office of National Statistics, September 1999

Concentration et déclassement: les stratégies des employeurs et le marché du travail des jeunes au Royaume-Uni, Meager N, La Revue de l'IRES, IRES, No. 31, July 1999

Ethnic minorities and immigrant groups on the labour market in the UK Meager N, SYSDEM Trends, European Commission Employment Observatory, No. 32, Summer June, 1999

Long-term unemployment Meager N, Proceedings Report: The European Social Fund: investing in People: ESF Congress 1998, European Commission, June 1999

Recent trends in self-employment in the UK Meager N, Evans C, SYSDEM Trends, European Commission Employment Observatory, No. 31, Winter December, 1998

Unemployment trends in the UK Meager N, Evans C, SYSDEM Trends, European Commission Employment Observatory, No. 30, Summer June, 1998

Active Labour Market Policies - What Works Meager N, Skills, Jobs and Competitivenesss - Global perspectives on training and employment, Employment Policy Institute, Economic Report Vol. 11, No. 10, January 1998

Forecasting Employment and Unemployment in the UK Meager N, Evans C, SYSDEM Trends, European Commission Employment Observatory, No. 29, Winter December, 1997

Activation of Labour Market Policy in the UK Meager N, SYSDEM Trends, European Commission Employment Observatory, No. 28, Summer June, 1997

Evaluating Wage Subsidies for the Long-term Unemployed in the UK, Meager N, Progress in Evaluation Research, Discussion Paper FS197-203, Wissenschaftszentrum, Berlin, April 1997

British Experiences in the Reduction of Unemployment Meager N, Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg, 40(4), 811-815, January, 1997

The Devil and the Detail: or What Can the New Deal Learn from the Evidence on Employer-Based Initiatives for the Unemployed? Atkinson J, Meager N, House of Commons Education and Employment Committee, Session 1997-98, The New Deal, Vol II, The Stationery Office, January, 1997

Self-employment and the Distribution of Income, Meager N, Court G, Moralee J, New Inequalities: the Changing Distribution of Income and Wealth in the UK, Cambridge University Press, April 1996

Self-Employment as an alternative to dependent employment for the unemployed, Meager N, Schmid G, Buchtemann C, O’Reilly J, Schomann K (eds), International Handbook of Labour Market Policy and Evaluation, Edward Elgar, Aldershot, January, 1996

Arbeitsmarktpolitik für Existenzgründer: Internationale Erfahrungen der Existenzgründngsförderung von Arbeitslosen Meager N, Discussion Paper FS1 95-209, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, November 1995

TECs under Scrutiny Meager N, Local Economy, Vol .10, No. 3, November 1995

Strukturorientierte Arbeitsmarktpolitik fur Berlin; Teil 3 Meager N, Schriftenreihe der Senatsverwaltung fur Arbeit und Frauen, Berlin, September 1995

Training the Self-Employed Meager N, Training Tomorrow, March 1995

Entries on 'Labour Markets' and 'Occupations' Meager N, Nicholson N (ed.), Blackwell Dictionary of Organisational Behaviour, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, January, 1995

Is training an equal opportunity? Meager N, Training Tomorrow, May 1994

Self-employment policies for the unemployed: the emergence of a new institution, and its evaluation Meager N, Schmid G, et al. (eds), Labour Market Institutions in Europe, New York and London: Sharpe Publishing, March, 1994

Running to Stand Still: the Small Firm in the Labour Market Atkinson J, Meager N, Atkinson J, Storey D (eds), Employment, the Small Firm and the Labour Market, London: Routledge, January, 1994

Self-Employment and Labour Market Policy in the European Community Meager N, Employment Observatory: Policies, Brussels: Commission of the European Communities, No. 41, Spring March, 1993

Self-employment and labour market policy in the EC Meager N, WZB Discussion Paper FSI 93 -201, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, January, 1993

From Unemployment to Self-Employment in the European Community Meager N, Chittenden F (ed.), Small Firms: Recession and Recovery, Paul Chapman Publishing, January, 1993

The fall and rise of self-employment (again) Meager N, Work, Employment and Society, Vol. 6(1), March 1992

The characteristics of the self-employed: some Anglo-German Comparisons Meager N, Felstead A, Leighton P (eds), The New Entrepreneurs: Self-employment and Small Business in Europe, London: Kogan Page, January, 1992

Does Unemployment Lead to Self-Employment? Meager N, Small Business Economics, Vol. 4, January, 1992

A revolution in training and enterprise, or old wine in new bottles? Meager N, Local Economy, May 1991

Leaving Employment: Patterns in Major EC Countries Meager N, Büchtemann C, Discussion Paper FSI 91-10, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, January, 1991

Tapping the Market: Labour Market Analysis in the Health Service Meager N, Buchan J, The Health Service Journal, July 1990

Job-sharing in the NHS Meager N, Buchan J, Health Manpower Management, January 1990

Job-sharing and job-splitting: employer attitudes Meager N, Employment Gazette, July 1988

Employers' recruitment practices and the long-term unemployed Meager N, Metcalf H, Personnel Review, 17(5), January, 1988

Is flexibility just a flash in the pan? Atkinson J, Meager N, Personnel Management, September 1986

Skill Shortages Again and the UK Economy Meager N, Industrial Relations Journal, 17(3), 1986

Temporary Work in Britain Meager N, Employment Gazette, January 1986

Job loss and the regions: how important is redundancy? Meager N, Regional Studies, 18(6), December 1984

Free radicals: Why self-employment has risen in Britain and how we should support it

Meager N, IPSE Policy Conference, IPSE and Demos, London, April 2018

The changing world of work: How do we make sure modern employment practices benefit all involved?

Meager N, Progress Labour Party Conference 2017 fringe event with IPSE and CRSE, Progress, Brighton, September 2017

Discussant

Meager N, Youth Transitions and Policy Innovation in Europe: Promising Trends and Tough Challenges, 24th International Conference of Europeanists, Glasgow, July 2017

Chair FEAD Network launch conference

Meager N, European Commission, Brussels, June 2016

Self-employment: independent ‘enterprise’, or precarious low-skilled work? The case of the UK

Meager N, International Conference on Microfinance, University of Bordeaux, France, October 2015

Welfare to Work: Commissioning for Innovation

Meager N, Labour Party Conference Fringe, Social Market Foundation, Brighton, September 2015

The UK Labour Market after Recession

Meager N, University and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA): Summer Event, UCEA, London, July 2015

Co-ordinator and chair

Meager N, Harnessing ICT for social action, a digital volunteering programme, at EU Peer Review in Social Protection and Social Inclusion, European Commission, Santiago do Compostela, March 2014

Moderator

Meager N, European Seminar: Evaluating and monitoring apprenticeship and traineeship schemes, European Commission, Brussels, February 2014

Conference Moderator

Meager N, Advice on apprenticeship and traineeship schemes with ESF support, European Commission, Brussels, June 2013

What’s going on in the UK labour market? Myths and evidence

Meager N, National Institute for Career Education and Counselling (NICEC), London, May 2013

Self-employment: independent 'enterprise', or precarious low-skilled work? The case of the UK

Meager N, Ecole Thématique: Emploi Travail et Organisation, CNRS, Annecy, June 2012

Evaluation of the Work Programme

Meager N, Welfare to Work Convention, Inclusion, Birmingham, June 2012

Skills for self employment

Meager N, Skills Research Advisory Group, UK Commission for Employment and Skills, London, September 2011

The UK labour Market: what's going on?

Meager N, Jobs without growth?, TUC, London, July 2011

The Work Programme and Skills

Meager N, The 2010 Review Work Programme Symposium, UK Commission for Employment and Skills, London, October 2010

Welfare Reform: Can we crack it this time

Meager N, Seminar, Social Market Foundation, Birmingham, October 2010

Expert panellist

Meager N, Managing Uncertainty: A new deal? International challenges and the changing face of work. Work, Employment & Society Conference 2010, British Sociological Association, Brighton, September 2010

Keynote presentation: The recession and labour market policy responses in the EU

Meager N, 4th EU-India Joint Seminar on Employment and Social Policy, European Commission, Brussels, July 2010

Setting the scene for labour market research in EU2020

Meager N, European Employment Research Dialogue, European Commission, Brussels, May 2010

Active labour market policies in the UK: their evolution and evaluation

Meager N, Annual Flemish Labour Market Congress 2009, Steunpunt Werk en Sociale Economie (WSE), Mechelen, December 2009

Panellist

Meager N, Fair Treatment at Work, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, London, October 2009

The Impact of the Recession on the Labour Market

Meager N, Office of National Statistics seminar, London, May 2009

The Employment Act 2008: Creating Fairer Workplaces

Meager N, Inside Government conference, London, May 2009

Policies to integrate disadvantaged groups in the labour market

Meager N, Arbeidsparticipatie van iedereen… lukt dat?, Leiden, November 2007

Employment of Disabled People in Europe: some key issues (keynote speaker)

Meager N, Optimising strategies for integrating people with disabilities into work, European Commission, Brussels, October 2007

Facilitator and joint chair

Meager N, Thematic Review Seminar on Measuring, Improving and Promoting the Effects of Lifelong Learning, Mutual Learning Programme of the European Employment Strategy, Brussels, September 2007

Panel Speaker, roundtable discussion on happiness

Meager N, DTI Annual Labour Market Conference, DTI, London, December 2006

ICT strategy, disabled people and employment policy in the UK

Meager N, ICT, Disability and Employment in Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK, Oslo, November 2006

Chair, EU Peer Review Programme on Social Inclusion

Meager N, Peer review on the Dutch model for amnesty of debts, EU, Rotterdam, November 2006

Chair, EU Thematic Review Seminar

Meager N, Flexicurity in a context of restructuring, EU, Brussels, September 2006

UK Policies for the Labour Market Participation of Disabled People

Meager N, Disability and Employment: Enabling and Disabling Factors, University of Westminster, London, May 2006

Self-employment dynamics and transitional labour market: some more UK evidence

Meager N, Managing Social Risks through Transitional Labour Markets, Academy of Social Sciences, Budapest, May 2005

Joint facilitator

Meager N, Comprehensive Strategies for Active Ageing, Thematic Review Seminar, EU Mutual Learning Programme of the European Employment Strategy, Brussels, April 2005

Labour Market Disadvantage

Meager N, Department of Work and Pensions Summer School, DWP, Trinity College, Cambridge, July 2004

Co-ordination of European Employment Strategy Peer Review

Meager N, Data Warehouse Monitoring in the Public Employment Service in Austria, Vienna, June 2004

Monitoring the Disability Discrimination Act

Hurstfield J, Meager N, Disability Rights Commission, Disability Rights Commission, London, June 2004

Aspects of health and safety and work-life balance in the UK

Meager N, European Employment Observatory Conference on Quality in Work, Dublin, April 2004

Disabled People and the Labour Market: has the DDA made a difference?

Meager N, Working Futures: Policy, Practice and Disabled People, Sunderland University, Sunderland, December 2003

The costs and benefits to service providers of making reasonable adjustments for disabled people, under Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act

Meager N, Dewson S, Disability Rights Commission Seminar, Disability Rights Commission, London, August 2003

Peer Review of Equal Pay in Belgium: tackling the gender pay gap

Meager N, Peer Reviews of the European Employment Strategy, Brussels, June 2003

Peer Review of the Rapid Response Programme of Jobcentre Plus

Meager N, Peer Reviews of the European Employment Strategy, Newcastle, April 2003

Peer Review of the Finnish National Programme for Older Workers

Meager N, Peer Reviews of the European Employment Strategy, Helsinki, January 2003

What is a 'Healthy Labour Market' for the South East?

Meager N, Framework for Regional Employment Skills and Action (FRESA) for the SEEDA Region, Seminar for expert practitioners in labour market dynamics, SEEDA, Institute of Directors, London, July 2002

Active Labour Market Policies for Disabled People in the UK

Meager N, Williams M, Active Labour Market Policies for People with Disabilities: Facts and figures on use and impact, European Commission, Brussels, July 2002

Peer Review of Active Labour Market Policies

Meager N, Enterprise Ireland: Building Sustainable Competitive Advantage in Irish Industry, European Commission workshop, Dublin, October 2001

The situation of people with disabilities on the labour market in the EU: Lessons for policies and practice

Meager N, European Commission seminar, European Commission, Brussels, July 2001

Arbeitsassistenz - Support for the integration of disabled people into the labour market

Meager N, European Commission, Directorate General for Employment & Social Affairs, Labour Market Policy Peer Review Programme, European Commission, Directorate General for Employment & Social Affairs, Labour Market Policy Peer Review Programme, Vienna, Austria, January 2001

National Programme for Ageing Workers

Meager N, European Commission, Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs, Labour Market Policy Peer Review Programme, European Commission, Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs, Labour Market Policy Peer Review Programme, Helsinki, Finland, October 2000

Recruiting the unemployed: what can we learn from the existing research evidence?

Atkinson J, Meager N, Submission to the House of Commons Select Committee Inquiry on the recruitment of unemployment people, London, March 2000

Occupational Pensions and Disabled People

Meager N, Disability Rights Task Force seminar, Disability Rights Task Force, London, July 1999

The self-employed and lifetime incomes: successful entrepreneurs of a new group of ‘working poor’? Evidence from the UK

Meager N, Self-employment in advanced economies, Mannheim Centre for European Research, Mannheim, July 1999

Targeting the long-term unemployed through early identification

Meager N, Joint Employment Observatory Conference of the European Commission, Marseilles, June 1999

Gestion de la main d’ouvre juvénile par les entreprise

Meager N, Places des jeunes sur le marché du travail dans 6 pays européens, IRES, Paris, May 1999

The British Labour Market: unemployment, flexibility and labour market policy

Meager N, Labour Market in a European Context, VII CEMS Graduate Conference, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, March 1999

Evaluation of cases brought under the DDA: some early research findings

Meager N, Disability Law Conference, General Council of the Bar, London, February 1999

From salary workers to entrepreneurial workers?

Meager N, Transitional Labour Markets, WZB, Berlin, January 1999

Developments in the youth labour market in the UK

Meager N, Les jeunes, les femmes et l’emploi en Europe, Ministère de l’emploi et de la solidarité, Paris, September 1998

Active Labour Market Policies in Europe - Recent Trends

Meager N, Global Economic Changes, Skills and International Competitiveness, Employment Policy Institute/International Labour Office, London, November 1997

More intensive jobsearch through less generous benefits?

Meager N, European Employment Observatory conference, European Employment Observatory, Stockholm, June 1997

Transitional Labour Markets. ‘Bridges’ between dependent and self-employment

Meager N, New Institutional Arrangements in the Labour Market, Euro Academy of Urban Environment, Berlin, April 1997

Self-employment and transitional labour markets

Meager N, Social Integration through Transitional Labour Markets, Wissenschaftszentrum, Berlin, January 1997

Evaluation of policies against long-term unemployment

Meager N, Evaluation Systems for Employment and Vocational Training, European Social Fund, Portugal, December 1996

Evaluating Wage Subsidies for the Long-term Unemployed in the UK

Meager N, Labour Market Policy and Evaluation, Lisbon, November 1996

Labour Market Policies Against Long-term Unemployment

Meager N, Unemployment, Policy and Local Strategies, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, October 1996

British Labour Market Policies for Long-Term Unemployed

Meager N, Long-Term Unemployment: a European Problem, Landesakademie fur Struktur und Arbeit, Genshagen, Germany, June 1996

Employability and Labour Market Disadvantage

Meager N, Employability, Industry Parliament Trust, St Andrews, April 1996

Member of a Discussion Panel on Strategic development of TECs - How to Best Fulfil TEC Mission Objectives

Meager N, Strategic TEC Development, AIC Conferences, London, January 1996

Arbeitsmarktpolitik fur Existenzgrunder: Internationale Erfahrungen der Existenzgrundngsforderung von Arbeitsolosen

Meager N, Discussion Paper FS1 95-209, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung, November 1995

Wasted Abilities: the labour market position of disabled people

Meager N, Removing the Barriers: Legal Services & the Legal Profession, Law Society - Research and Policy unit, Law Society, London, June 1995

Economic Strategy Kent and East Sussex

Meager N, SERPLAN Workshop, Kent and East Sussex County Councils, Maidstone, March 1995

Small Firms and the Rural Labour Market

Meager N, The Countryside Means Business: Small Firms in the Rural Economy, Rural Development Commission, London, March 1995