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Title: New statistics on the US labor force, 1850-1990

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Publication Year: 2001

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Abstract: Newly available data provide the opportunity to extend the temporal scope of past labor-force statistics and to standardize their measurement. This article presents new statistics on the U.S. labor force since 1850, derived from large census samples composing the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)(Ruggles and Sobek 1997). The IPUMS enables the application of consistent labor definitions over the longest time spans that the census allows. Changing academic interests have also created a demand for measures not envisioned by past government statisticians. New series present previously unavailable statistics broken down by race, sex, and age. The tables included here are designed to supplement or supersede labor data presented in the Historical Statistics of the United Stares (US. Bureau of the Census 1975).

Url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01615440109598973

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Authors: Sobek, Matthew

Periodical (Full): Historical Methods

Issue: 2

Volume: 34

Pages: 71-87

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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