British Manual Workers: From Producers to Consumers, c. 1950-2000

A large majority of the labour force were manual workers in 1960. As voters, they had electoral power to pursue collective goods. As producers they were able to disrupt production. The majority left school with no qualifications. Their human capital consisted of skills specific to particular product...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Offer, A
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Nuffield College (University of Oxford) 2008