UK labour market policy then and now
通过“社会模式”视角，回顾过去30年英国劳动力市场政策的演变，分析撒切尔、梅杰、工党及联合政府如何改变就业关系、社会福利与教育培训体系，并探讨其对就业、失业、生产率和不平等的影响。
This article considers the evolution of UK labour market policy during the last 30 years. It does this through the lens of the ‘social model’. The social model encompasses the employment relations system, the social welfare system, and the education and training system. It was changed dramatically by the Thatcher and Major governments. The succeeding Labour and Coalition governments largely embraced this new model and, in some ways, increased the pace of change. The consequences for labour market performance—employment, unemployment, productivity, and inequality—are explored.