Reforming the labour market: an assessment of the UK policies of the Thatcher era

Under Thatcher the United Kingdom introduced a major program of labour market deregulation, claimed to have made the United Kingdom one of the least regulated labour markets in the OECD. This paper reviews the measures implemented and assesses their impact. Trade union membership declined steeply, a...

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Main Author: Gregory, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishers Ltd. 1998