Oulton, Nicholas 
ORCID: 0000-0002-1595-7732
(1995)
Supply side reform and UK economic growth: what happened to the miracle?
National Institute Economic Review, 154.
pp. 53-70.
ISSN 0027-9501
Abstract
Two institutions have retarded UK productivity growth in the post-war period: industrial relations and education. The failings of both were largely addressed in the 1980s. The productivity improvement of the 1980s was genuine and was largely due to the reduction in union power brought about by the trade union legislation of the 1980s. The 1980s and 1990s have also seen large falls in the proportion of the labour force which is unqualified and rises in enrolment rates in further and higher education, changes which tend to increase long-run growth. But two factors have obscured the extent o f the improvement. First, the whole climate for economic growth is less favourable than it was in the so-called Golden Age prior to the first oil shock in 1973. Second, UK macroeconomic policy compares poorly with other OECD countries: booms have been shorter and recessions longer, so that microeconomic success has been masked by macroeconomic failure.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/national-i... |
| Additional Information: | © 1995 Cambridge University Press |
| Divisions: | Centre for Macroeconomics |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2020 16:12 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2024 08:25 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/107121 |
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