Seeking a premier economy [[electronic resource] ] : the economic effects of British economic reforms, 1980-2000 / / edited by David Card, Richard Blundell, and Richard B. Freeman

• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (524 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.941/0858
• Soggetto topico: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Economic policy 1997- Congresses; Great Britain Economic policy 1979-1997 Congresses; Great Britain Economic conditions 1997- Congresses; Great Britain Economic conditions 1979-1997 Congresses
• Soggetto non controllato: economy, economics, reform, britain, england, thatcher, government, united kingdom, capitalism, market, deregulation, privatization, welfare, industrial relations, benefit programs, joblessness, unemployment, unions, labor, schools, hospitals, healthcare, inequality, productivity, employment, poverty, nonfiction, real wages, growth, microeconomics, british new deal, mobility, economic performance, pension, manufacturing, foreign-owned firms, compensation
• Altri autori: CardDavid E <1956-> (David Edward) BlundellRichard FreemanRichard B <1943-> (Richard Barry)
• Note generali: "The papers were presented at a preliminary conference and a final conference at the Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK"--P. ix.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. What Have Two Decades of British Economic Reform Delivered? -- 2. Seeking a Premier-League Economy: The Role of Privatization -- 3. Shared Modes of Compensation and Firm Performance: U.K. Evidence -- 4. Characteristics of Foreign-Owned Firms in British Manufacturing -- 5. The Surprising Retreat of Union Britain -- 6. Pension Reform and Economic Performance in Britain in the 1980's and 1990's -- 7. Labor Market Reforms and Changes in Wage Inequality in the United Kingdom and the United States -- 8.Wither Poverty in Great Britain and the United States? The Determinants of Changing Poverty and Whether Work Will Work -- 9. Mobility and Joblessness -- 10. Has "In-Work" Benefit Reform Helped the Labor Market? -- 11. Active Labor Market Policies and the British New Deal for the Young Unemployed in Context -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In the 1980's and 1990's successive United Kingdom governments enacted a series of reforms to establish a more market-oriented economy, closer to the American model and further away from its Western European competitors. Today, the United Kingdom is one of the least regulated economies in the world, marked by transformed welfare and industrial relations systems and broad privatization. Virtually every industry and government program has been affected by the reforms, from hospitals and schools to labor unions and jobless benefit programs. Seeking a Premier Economy focuses on the labor and product market reforms that directly impacted productivity, employment, and inequality. The questions asked are provocative: How did the United Kingdom manage to stave off falling earnings for lower paid workers? What role did the reforms play in rising income inequality and trends in poverty? At the same time, what reforms also contributed to reduced unemployment and the accelerated growth of real wages? The comparative microeconomic approach of this book yields the most credible evaluation possible, focusing on closely associated outcomes of particular reforms for individuals, firms, and sectors.
• Titolo autorizzato: Seeking a premier economy
• ISBN: 1-281-22320-4; 9786611223205; 0-226-09290-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784509803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: NBER Comparative labor markets series.