This paper traces the origins and early history of perceived gender differences in absenteeism in Great Britain and the USA. Among politicians and scholars, the problem was first articulated during World War I and reappeared as an issue of prime concern during World War II. The war efforts...

The massification of retail finance in the 1980s relied on the successful deployment of automated teller machines (ATM) and on-line real-time (OLRT) computing during the 1960s and 1970s. We document how the deployment of ATM networks interweaved with the adoption of OLRT computing in Sweden and...

Att bli vuxen, få sitt första jobb, bilda familj, byta bostad och arbete innebär stora förändringar mellan livets faser, men sådana växlingar beskrivs sällan i histo­rieböcker. Här undersöker några forskare i ekonomisk historia levnadsbanor och rörelsemönster hos invånare i...