Neumann, Todd C.; Taylor, Jason E.; Fishback, Price - In: American Economic Review 103 (2013) 3, pp. 105-10
Changes in the work week drove a larger portion of changes in total labor input during the Great Depression of the 1930s than during other decades. Work-sharing policies appear to be responsible. Herbert Hoover created various work-sharing committees--led by key industrialists--which pushed for...