New Statistics on the U.S. Labor Force, 1850–1990

Historical Methods

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 71-87

  Sobek, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor force; Occupations; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; OCCUPATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034833517     PISSN: 01615440     EISSN: 19401906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01615440109598973     Document Type: Article

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