Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

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

Description

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

Series Statement

National Bureau of Economic Research comparative labor markets series

Uniform Title

NBER Comparative labor markets series.

Alternative Title

Economic effects of British economic reforms, 1980-2000

Subject

• 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

Note

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

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

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

JBE 04-1853

ISBN

0226092844 (cloth : acid-free paper)

LCCN

2003066282

OCLC

53130769

Title

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

Imprint

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.

Series

National Bureau of Economic Research comparative labor markets series

NBER Comparative labor markets series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Card, David E. (David Edward), 1956-

Blundell, Richard.

Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-

London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Research Call Number

JBE 04-1853