Labour markets in the interwar period and economic recovery in the UK and the USA

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 463-485

  Hatton, Timothy J ^a,b   Thomas, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic recovery; Unemployment; Wage setting

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; LABOR MARKET; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE DETERMINATION;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149477555     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grq023     Document Type: Article

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