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In this Briefing Note, we first present internationally comparative evidence on the UK's productivity performance (Section 2) and some of the underlying Ѥrivers' of productivity identified by the government (Section 3). We then provide an overview of productivity policy under both Labour governments since 1997, and discuss the recent direction of policy in this 2005 Election Briefing area (Section 4). Finally, we discuss the proposals of the three main parties in the area of productivity policy (Section 5).
Authors
Stephen Bond
Helen Simpson
Research Fellow Institute for Fiscal Studies
Laura is a Research Fellow at IFS. Her current work focuses on tax and social protection policy and programme evaluation in developing countries.
Rupert Harrison
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Abramovsky, L et al. (2005). Productivity policy. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/productivity-policy (accessed: 19 April 2024).
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