Changes in the cyclical behavior of real wage rates, 1870-1990

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 837-861

  Hanes, Christopher ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; CYCLICAL BEHAVIOUR; HISTORICAL STUDY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; WAGE ROUTE; WAGES TRENDS;

EID: 0030390079     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700017496     Document Type: Article

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