The UK labour market : comparative aspects and institutional developments / edited by Ray Barrell.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Description
272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Summary note
    In this book, the functioning of the labour market is addressed by an international group of economists.
    Notes
    Contributors: Bob Anderton ... [et al.].
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Creation/​Production credits
    Facing t.p.: National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
    Contents
    • Introduction / Ray Barrell
    • 1. A comparative analysis of the UK labour market / Bob Anderton and Ken Mayhew
    • 2. Did the Thatcher reforms change British labour market performance? / David G. Blanchflower and Richards B. Freeman
    • 3. Is the UK rise in inequality different? / Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin
    • 4. Transformation of British industrial relations? Institutions, conduct and outcomes 1980-1990 / David Metcalf
    • 5. Low pay and minimum wage protection in Britain and the EC / Mary Gregory and Veronique Sandoval
    • 6. Direct and indirect effects of active labour market policies in OECD countries / David Grubb
    • 7. Structural differences in European labour markets / Ray Barrell, Nigel Pain and Garry Young
    • 8. The UK labour market: micro rigidities and macro obstructions / Patrick Minford and Jonathan Riley.
    ISBN
    • 052146160X
    • 9780521461603
    • 0521468256 ((pbk.))
    • 9780521468251 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    93036552
    OCLC
    28926854
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