dc.contributor.author | Atack, Jeremy | |
dc.contributor.author | Bateman, Fred | |
dc.contributor.author | Margo, Robert A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-13T19:45:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-13T19:45:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/15700 | |
dc.description.abstract | Using unpublished data contained in samples from the manuscripts of the 1870 and 1880 censuses of manufactures, we examine the extent and correlates of part-year manufacturing during the late nineteenth century. These data are the earliest comprehensive estimates available and, while the typical manufacturing plant operated "full-time," part-year operation was not uncommon. The likelihood of part-year operation varied across industries and location and with plant characteristics and workers in such plants received somewhat higher monthly wages than those in firms that operated year-round, compensating them somewhat for the loss and possible inconvenience. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Vanderbilt University | en |
dc.subject | JEL Classification: N61, N31, J22, J23 | |
dc.subject.other | | |
dc.title | Part-Year Operation in Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing: Evidence from the 1870 and 1880 Censuses | |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.description.department | Economics | |