The Labour Market Under New Labour: The State of Working Britain
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Hardcover. Editor(s): Dickens, Richard; Gregg, Paul A.; Wadsworth, Jonathan. Num Pages: 331 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPFF; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 523.
Leading experts examine, for the first time, the impact of New Labour policies on the labour market over the past 5 years. Looking behind the 'good news' implied by the lowest headline unemployment rates since the 1970s and by a low and stable rate of inflation, it will examine the impact of policies such as the minimum wage, the New Deal, Working Family Tax Credit scheme, policies on lone parents, and changes in the education system. It also looks at the impact of growing income inequalities over this period, on the growing geographic concentrations of joblessness and on the new ... Read more
Leading experts examine, for the first time, the impact of New Labour policies on the labour market over the past 5 years. Looking behind the 'good news' implied by the lowest headline unemployment rates since the 1970s and by a low and stable rate of inflation, it will examine the impact of policies such as the minimum wage, the New Deal, Working Family Tax Credit scheme, policies on lone parents, and changes in the education system. It also looks at the impact of growing income inequalities over this period, on the growing geographic concentrations of joblessness and on the new ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403916297
SKU
V9781403916297
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
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RICHARD BLUNDELL Research Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies and Director, ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy RICHARD DISNEY Professor of Economics at the University of Nottingham and Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, UK PETER DOLTON Professor at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne Business School, UK DAVID T. ELLWOOD Lucius N. Littauer Professor ... Read more
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