TY  - JOUR
AU  - Margo,Robert A.
TI  - The Microeconomics of Depression Unemployment
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Historical Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 18
PY  - 1990
Y2  - December 1990
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/h0018
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/h0018.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Robert A. Margo
Department of Economics
Boston University
270 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215
Tel: 617/353-6819
Fax: 617/343-8495
E-Mail: margora@bu.edu
AB  - Microeconomic evidence reveals that the incidence and duration of unemployment in the 1930s varied significantly within the labor force. Long-term unemployment, which was especially high by historical standards, may have been exacerbated by federal relief policies.
ER  -