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Comparisons of Weekly Hours over the Past Century and the Importance of Work-Sharing Policies in the 1930s

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...

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Comparisons of weekly hours over the past century and the importance of work-sharing policies in the 1930s

Neumann, Todd; Taylor, Jason E.; Fishback, Price Van Meter - In: The American economic review 103 (2013) 3, pp. 105-110

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Fluctuations in weekly hours and total hours worked over the past 90 years and the importance of changes in federal policy toward job sharing

Neumann, Todd; Taylor, Jason E.; Fishback, Price Van Meter - 2013

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