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Working to rule : the damaging economics of UK employment regulation / J.R. Shackleton. - xvii, 262 pages : colour illustrations - Hobart paperback ; 186 Paragon Initiative . - Hobart paperback ; 186. Paragon Initiative (Series) .

I. Ideas -- How labour markets work, and why people want to regulate them -- II. Employment regulation : the big picture -- A historical perspective on UK labour market regulation -- Employment regulation in the UK today : extensive and costly -- The European Union dimension -- III. Employment regulation in detail -- Protecting workers, families and consumers? -- Other peoples pay (1) -- Other people's pay (2) -- Discrimination in employment -- Regulating labour supply : unions, migration and apprenticeships -- Protecting jobs? -- IV. Conclusions -- What now?

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Labour market--Great Britain.
Labour policy--Great Britain.
Labour economics--Great Britain.
Labour laws and legislation--Great Britain.


Great Britain--Economic policy--1997-
Great Britain--Economic conditions--21st century.

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