Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. What Have Two Decades of British Economic Reform Delivered? 9
6. 2. Seeking a Premier-League Economy: The Role of Privatization 63
7. 3. Shared Modes of Compensation and Firm Performance: U.K. Evidence 109
8. 4. Characteristics of Foreign-Owned Firms in British Manufacturing 147
9. 5. The Surprising Retreat of Union Britain 181
10. 6. Pension Reform and Economic Performance in Britain in the 1980s and 1990s 233
11. 7. Labor Market Reforms and Changes in Wage Inequality in the United Kingdom and the United States 275
12. 8.Wither Poverty in Great Britain and the United States? The Determinants of Changing Poverty and Whether Work Will Work 313
13. 9. Mobility and Joblessness 371
14. 10. Has “In-Work” Benefit Reform Helped the Labor Market? 411
15. 11. Active Labor Market Policies and the British New Deal for the Young Unemployed in Context 461
16. Contributors 497
17. Author Index 499
18. Subject Index 505