Lessons from a decade of failed austerity
This report shows how the cuts imposed after the last recession, both in the UK and in much of the developed world, harmed economic growth, with a heavy impact on workers’ pay. Overall, pay growth has halved across OECD countries in the decade since the GFC. In real terms, annual pay growth has been below one per cent a year for two thirds of countries.
24 Oct 2019
Economy, jobs and pay
Economic policy
Economic and labour market analysis
Pay trends
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