article_snippet: Tony Travers from the London School of Economics told the Financial Times said workers in the capital were more likely to be young, in the private sector and out of a union.
article_snippet: Tony Travers from the London School of Economics said workers in the capital found it easier to control wages while hiring more staff.
article_snippet: Tony Travers said: 'If the story of the last five or six years has been one of flexibility in the economy, accommodating radical changes because of the recession, then you would expect that to show up in London most. '
article_snippet: London does have the biggest private sector economy of any region in the country, so
article_snippet: London's likely to be the least unionised, the most flexible.'
article_snippet: Paul Bivand, of the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion, said there had been a boom in low-paid jobs in the capital since the recession.