The dynamics of relief spending and the private urban labor market during the new deal

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 195-220

  Neumann, Todd C ^a   Fishback, Price V ^b   Kantor, Shawn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c National Bureau of Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECONOMIC HISTORY; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; PANEL DATA; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 77952368570     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050710000100     Document Type: Article

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