TY - BOOK AU - Shackleton,J.R. ED - Institute of Economic Affairs (Great Britain), TI - Working to rule: the damaging economics of UK employment regulation T2 - Hobart paperback SN - 9780255367431 U1 - 331.120420941 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - Institute of Economic Affairs KW - Labour market KW - Great Britain KW - Labour policy KW - Labour economics KW - Labour laws and legislation KW - Economic policy KW - 1997- KW - Economic conditions KW - 21st century N1 - 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? ER -