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This article investigates the contribution made by the cotton industry to the British war effort between 1914 and 1918. Its main conclusion is that the government failed to make the best use of the resources available to it in Lancashire, and permitted the cotton industry to hoard labour and to...
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This paper examines the relationship between the government and the cotton industry in Britain during the 1940s. It argues that governmental attempts to change the structure of the industry and stimulate investment failed because Lancashire had no confidence in its ability to face low wage...
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Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to both unemployment and underemployment, which in our view are invalid. Without any evidence … the MPC in its assessment of the output gap reduces the level of unemployment because of its claim that long …-term unemployment has no effect on wages. We produce contrary evidence. The MPC further reduces the level of underemployment in the …
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. -- on-the-job search ; unemployment ; occupations …
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Using Lancashire textile industry company case studies and financial records, mainly from the period just before the First World War, the processes of growth and decline are re-examined. These are considered by reference to the nature of Lancashire entrepreneurship and the impact on...
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Background: Although unemployment rates are at historical lows, there is still a persistent gap between unemployment …. Conclusions: Lowering the disproportionate rate at which black men are incarcerated will not in itself eliminate the unemployment …
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find out, based on the analysis of employment, unemployment, vacancies, and wages in various job categories in the Czech … wages. On the other hand, the unstable job categories with high unemployment rates and low wage rates were support and …
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We use individual data for Great Britain over the period 1992-2009 to compare the probabilitythat employed and unemployed job seekers find a job and the quality of the job they find. Thejob finding rate of unemployed job seekers is 50 percent higher than that of employed jobseekers, and this...
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