Boyer, GR and Hatton, T (2002) New Estimates Of British Unemployment, 1870 1913. Journal of Economic History, 62 (03). pp. 643-675. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050702001031
Boyer, GR and Hatton, T (2002) New Estimates Of British Unemployment, 1870 1913. Journal of Economic History, 62 (03). pp. 643-675. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050702001031
Boyer, GR and Hatton, T (2002) New Estimates Of British Unemployment, 1870 1913. Journal of Economic History, 62 (03). pp. 643-675. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050702001031
Abstract
We present new estimates of the British industrial unemployment rate for 1870 1913, which improve on the Board of Trade s prior estimates. We use similar sources, but our series includes additional industrial sectors, allows for short-time working, and aggregates the various sectors using appropriate labor-force weights from the census. The resulting index suggests a rate of industrial unemployment that was generally higher, but less volatile, than the board s index. We then adjust our series to an economywide basis, and construct a consistent time series of overall unemployment for 1870 1999.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 06 Aug 2012 11:44 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 16:33 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/3305 |