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Well Worth Saving
How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership
Av Price V. Fishback, Jonathan Rose m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
605 kr
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The urgent demand for housing after World War I fueled a boom in residential construction that led to historic peaks in home ownership. Foreclosures at the time were rare, and when they did happen, lenders could quickly recoup their losses by selling into a strong market. But no mortgage system is …
Evolution of Retirement
An American Economic History, 1880-1990
Häftad, 2000
349 kr
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Winner of the 1998 Paul A. Samuelson Award given by TIAA-CREF, The Evolution of Retirement is the first comprehensive economic history of retirement in America. With life expectancies steadily increasing, the retirement rate of men over age 64 has risen drastically. Dora L. Costa looks at factors …
Prelude to the Welfare State
The Origins of Workers' Compensation
Av Price V. Fishback, Shawn Everett Kantor
Häftad, 2006
333 kr
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Workers' compensation was arguably the first widespread social insurance program in the United States - before social security, Medicare, or unemployment insurance - and the most successful form of labor legislation to emerge from the early progressive movement. In "A Prelude to the Welfare State", …
Prelude to the Welfare State
The Origins of Workers' Compensation
Av Price V. Fishback, Shawn Everett Kantor
Inbunden, 2000
879 kr
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Workers' compensation was arguably the first widespread social insurance program in the United States - before social security, Medicare, or unemployment insurance - and the most successful form of labor legislation to emerge from the early progressive movement. In "A Prelude to the Welfare State", …
Political Arithmetic
Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics
Av Robert William Fogel, Enid M. Fogel m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
308 kr
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We take for granted today that the assessments, measurements, and forecasts of economists are crucial to the decision-making of governments and businesses alike. But less than a century ago that wasn't the case - economists simply didn't have the necessary information or statistical tools to …
Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy
The Economics and Politics of Institutional Change
Av Ronald N. Johnson, Gary D. Libecap
Häftad, 1994
361 kr
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Examining the political and economic forces that have shaped the civil service system from the Pendleton Act of 1883 through today, the authors explain why, despite efforts to overhaul the federal bureaucracy (most recently by Vice President Al Gore), significant change remains a formidable …
Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860
Inbunden, 2000
441 kr
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Research by economists and economic historians has greatly expanded our knowledge of labour markets and real wages in the United States since the Civil War, but the period from 1820 to 1860 has been far less studied. Robert Margo fills this gap by collecting and analyzing the payroll records of …
Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950
An Economic History
Inbunden, 1991
1157 kr
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Robert A. Margo mines a wealth of newly available census data and school district records to explore the experience of blacks in the American economy. Identifying the links between educational expenditures, racial discrimination, and occupational mobility, he clarifies the costs of segregation.
Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950
An Economic History
Häftad, 1994
256 kr
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The interrelation among race, schooling, and labor market opportunities of American blacks can help us make sense of the relatively poor economic status of blacks in contemporary society. The role of these factors in slavery and the economic consequences for blacks has received much attention, but …
