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The Labour Market Under New Labour

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  • Dearden, L., McIntosh, S., Myck, M. and Vignoles, A. (2002), ‘The Returns to Academic and Vocational Qualifications in Britain’, Bulletin of Economic Research, 54, pp. 249–74.

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  • Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) (1996), ‘The Skills Audit: A Report from an Interdepartmental Group’, Department for Education and Employment, London.

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  • Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) (1999), Improving Literacy and Numeracy: A Fresh Start, Great Britain Working Group on Post-School Basic Skills chaired by Sir Claus Moser, Department for Education and Employment: London.

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  • Dearden, L. (1999), ‘Qualifications and Earnings in Britain: How Reliable are Conventional OLS Estimates of the Returns to Education?’, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Working Paper No. W99/7.

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  1. Steven McIntosh
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  1. Centre for Economic Performance, the London School of Economics and Queen Mary, University of London, UK

    Richard Dickens

  2. Centre for Economic Performance, the London School of Economics, University of Bristol, UK

    Paul Gregg

  3. Centre for Economic Performance, the London School of Economics and Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK

    Jonathan Wadsworth

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McIntosh, S. (2003). Skills in the UK. In: Dickens, R., Gregg, P., Wadsworth, J. (eds) The Labour Market Under New Labour. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230598454_17

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