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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      06 July 2010
      14 February 1991
      ISBN:
      9780511559778
      9780521400343
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511559778
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.582kg, 300 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Economics, Industrial Economics, Economics: General Interest, Economic Theory
      Series:
      National Institute of Economic and Social Research Economic and Social Studies (35)
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    Subjects:
    Economics, Industrial Economics, Economics: General Interest, Economic Theory
    Series:
    National Institute of Economic and Social Research Economic and Social Studies (35)
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    The high level of unemployment in Britain in the 1980s led many people to believe that it would continue indefinitely, and many arguments were advanced to explain it. After a preliminary examination of the statistics of employment and unemployment in Britain, this 1991 book exposes the major factors determining their trends as a basis for considering the likely developments and policy options. The study covers most of the explanations found in academic debate as well as in popular belief, drawing on a wide range of empirical research, including systematic international comparisons as well as case studies of particular interest. The analysis is carried out under four main headings: structural change; the wage question; macroeconomic policy; and the international dimension. The book concludes with a consideration of the practicability of the different policies which emerge.

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    "...well written in a nontechnical and approachable way." David Blanchflower, Journal of Economic Literature

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