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McJobs and MacJobs: The Growing Polarisation of Jobs in the UK

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  1. Maarten Goos
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Editors and Affiliations

  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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Goos, M., Manning, A. (2003). McJobs and MacJobs: The Growing Polarisation of Jobs 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_6

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