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1 online resource (284 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 INCOMES POLICIES: SOME RATIONALES; Introduction; The wage theorem view; The Phillips curve; The augmented Phillips curve; Real wage resistance; Incomes policy and redistribution; Some other incomes policy aims; Conclusions; 2 INCOMES POLICY AND AGGREGATE PAY; Introduction; Some current models of inflation; Incomes policies; Empirical results; Conclusions; Appendix 2A: Data: definitions and sources |
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3 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR PAY AND THE ECONOMYIntroduction; Public and private sector pay relativities: the facts; An overview of incomes policies in the public sector; Public sector pay and the control of public expenditure; Summary and conclusions; 4 INCOMES POLICY AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR; Introduction; The role of relative pay; The impact of incomes policy on relative pay; Non-pay influences of incomes policy; Conclusions; 5 INCOMES POLICY AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR; Introduction; The determination of public sector pay; Pay determination in practice; The impact of incomes policies |
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The period since 1974Analysis and conclusions; 6 INCOMES POLICIES AND LOW PAY; Introduction; The low-paid -- who are they?; Relative earnings of the low-paid under incomes policies; Analysis by bargaining sector; Conclusions; Appendix 6A: Low-paid manual occupations used in the analysis; Appendix 6B: Low-paid agreements used in the study; 7 THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE WITH INCOMES POLICIES; Introduction; A chronology; Conceptual framework for understanding the effects of a maximum wage-price policy; The causes and consequences of incomes policies; Conclusion |
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Appendix 7A: Determinants of the probability that an incomes policy will be in effect8 INCOMES POLICY: THE RECENT EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE; Introduction; The ingredients of policy; The constraints on policy; Assessment; Appendix 8A: A survey of incomes policies in selected European countries; Appendix 8B: The Skånland Report; 9 INCOMES POLICIES, INFLATION AND RELATIVE PAY: AN OVERVIEW; Real wage resistance; The problem of relative wages; The reform of the pay structure; The problem of the public sector; Wage drift; The impact of incomes policies on differentials; Final thoughts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wage-price policy -- History
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Wage-price policy
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fallick, J. L
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Elliott, R. F
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| ISBN |
1317218957 |
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9781317218951 |
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