Wages, productivity, and work intensity in the Great Depression

Darby, J. and Hart, R.A. (2008) Wages, productivity, and work intensity in the Great Depression. Southern Economic Journal, 75 (1). pp. 91-103. ISSN 0038-4038

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    Abstract

    We show that U.S. manufacturing wages during the Great Depression were importantlydetermined by forces on firms' intensive margins. Short-run changes in work intensity and the longer-term goal of restoring full potential productivity combined to influence real wage growth. By contrast, the external effects of unemployment and replacement rates had much less impact. Empirical work is undertaken against the background of an efficient bargaining model that embraces employment, hours of work and work intensity.

    Author(s):Darby, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4425-7222 and Hart, R.A.
    Item type:Article
    ID code:7284
    Keywords:wages, productivity, work intensity, great depression, Commerce, Economics and Econometrics
    Subjects:Social Sciences > Commerce
    Department:Strathclyde Business School > Economics
    Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator
    Date deposited:27 Nov 2008 14:01
    Last modified:06 Nov 2019 02:36
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/7284
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