21.   Steam-power meant a new and intense concentration of large-scale industry and of the labour force to man it.

22.   Success in operation will depend on the goodwill of the labour force as there is a collective rather than personal incentive.

23.   The basis of flexibility is disproportionately shouldered by female patterns of labour force participation.

24.   The emphasis is on flexibility - in terms of response to the Market and in terms of the labour force.

25.   The result was that what had been a small-sized cheap labour force became a large well-paid labour force.

26.   The third element is the flexible labour force, part-time and temporary employees who provide expertise and skills in response to changing needs.

27.   Then we showed that increasing the after-tax wage would encourage labour force participation by those not currently in the labour force.

28.   These trends have to be placed within the broader framework of changes in the total labour force.

29.   Third, social services provide jobs for a large section of the labour force of all socio-economic groupings.

30.   This encourages parents to have more children, increasing population growth, impoverishing families and preventing women from joining the labour force.