Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Card, David E. (David Edward), 1956-
2. Blundell, Richard.
3. Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-
4. London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Description

1. x, 510 p. : ill.,; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. National Bureau of Economic Research comparative labor markets series

Uniform title

1. NBER Comparative labor markets series.

Alternative title

1. Economic effects of British economic reforms, 1980-2000

Subject

1. Great Britain > Economic conditions > 1979-1997 > Congresses
2. Great Britain > Economic conditions > 1997- > Congresses
3. Great Britain > Economic policy > 1997- > Congresses
4. Great Britain > Economic policy > 1979-1997 > Congresses

Contents

1. What have two decades of British economic reform delivered? / David Card and Richard B. Freeman -- Seeking a premier-league economy / Richard Green and Jonathan Haskel -- Shared modes of compensation and firm performance / Martin J. Conyon and Richard B. Freeman -- Characteristics of foreign-owned firms in British manufacturing / Rachel Griffith and Helen Simpson -- Suprising retreat of union Britain / John Pencavel -- Pension reform and economic performance in Britain in the 1980s and 1990s / Richard Disney, Carl Emmerson, and Sarah Smith -- Labor market reforms and changes in wage inequality in the United Kingdom and the United States / Amanda Gosling and Thomas Lemieux -- Whither poverty in Great Britain and the United States? / Richard Dickens and David T. Ellwood -- Mobility and joblessness / Paul Gregg, Stephen Machin, and Alan Manning -- Has "in-work" benefit reform helped the labor market? / Richard Blundell and Hilary Hoynes -- Active labor market policies and the British New Deal for the young unemployed in context / John Van Reenen.

Call number

1. JBE 04-1853

Note

1. "The papers were presented at a preliminary conference and a final conference at the Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK"--P. ix.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Title

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

Imprint

1. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.

Series

1. National Bureau of Economic Research comparative labor markets series
2. NBER Comparative labor markets series.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added author

1. Card, David E. (David Edward), 1956-
2. Blundell, Richard.
3. Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-
4. London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

LCCN

1. 2003066282

ISBN

1. 0226092844 (cloth : acid-free paper)

Research call number

1. JBE 04-1853