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This chapter reviews key literature studying the effects of wars on minority and underrepresented groups in U.S. labor markets in the 20th century. These labor markets, characterized by historically pervasive barriers to entry into certain occupations and industries, promotions, and fair pay for...
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economic growth no longer has any effect on employment ("jobless growth"), and second, that the "equilibrium" rate of … unemployment, i.e. the rate of employment that prevails even in favourable economic conditions, is on an increasing trend. This … anxieties. As far as the relationship between the growth of GDP and employment is concerned, the conclusion is, that it remains …
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The paper studies wage and employment determination in the Swedish business sector from the mid-1910s to the late 1930s … percent. We examine whether relatively standard wage and employment equations can account for the volatile economic … demand equations suggest that cuts in working time may have slightly increased employment as firms substituted workers for …
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The paper studies wage and employment determination in the Swedish business sector from the mid-1910s to the late 1930s … percent. We examine whether relatively standard wage and employment equations can account for the volatile economic … demand equations suggest that cuts in working time may have slightly increased employment as firms substituted workers for …
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The paper studies wage and employment determination in the Swedish business sector from the mid-1910s to the late 1930s … percent. We examine whether relatively standard wage and employment equations can account for the volatile economic … demand equations suggest that cuts in working time may have slightly increased employment as firms substituted workers for …
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Introduction -- Economic history and modern India : redefining the link -- Rural labour and colonialism -- Agricultural …
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This paper analyses the phenomenon of jobless growth in India and the US through the lens of employment elasticity …. Analytical results are derived for decompositions of both the level and change of aggregate employment elasticity in terms of … sectoral elasticities, relative growth and employment shares. Estimates of these decompositions are presented with employment …
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