Alston, LJ and Hatton, T (1991) The Earnings Gap Between Agricultural and Manufacturing Laborers, 1925-1941. Journal of Economic History, 51 (01). pp. 83-99. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700038377
Alston, LJ and Hatton, T (1991) The Earnings Gap Between Agricultural and Manufacturing Laborers, 1925-1941. Journal of Economic History, 51 (01). pp. 83-99. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700038377
Alston, LJ and Hatton, T (1991) The Earnings Gap Between Agricultural and Manufacturing Laborers, 1925-1941. Journal of Economic History, 51 (01). pp. 83-99. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700038377
Abstract
We estimate the monthly and hourly earnings ratio between agricultural and manufacturing laborers, adjusting for compensation received in-kind and differences in the cost of living. Our results indicate that prior to the Great Depression, agricultural compensation was similar to that in manufacturing within geographic regions, and a substantial earnings gap in favor of manufacturing emerged in the early thirties.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| 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: | 19 Jul 2012 13:22 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jan 2022 15:58 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/3352 |