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Title: Labor Markets

Citation Type: Book, Section

Publication Year: 2014

ISBN: 978-3-642-40458-0

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Abstract: This chapter presents a brief historical overview of labor and labor markets, using the United States as a case study. Topics include the concepts of the labor force and the labor market; sources of information for historical study; basic features of change over time in the size and composition of the labor force, hours worked, occupations, and skills; changes in real wages over time and in the structure of wages; the emergence of a national market for labor; and the evolution of racial differences.

Url: http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-642-40458-0_27-1

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Authors: Margo, Robert A.

Editors: Claude Diebolt, Michael Haupert

Pages: 5-24

Volume Title: Handbook of Cliometrics

Publisher: Springer

Publisher Location: Berlin, Germany

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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