Labor Force and Employment, 1800–1960

Stanley Lebergott
Published Date
Copyright 1966
ISBN 0870141864
Book: Output, Employment, and Productivity in the United States after 1800
Book editor: Dorothy S. Brady
PUBLISHER: NBER
Series: Studies in Income and Wealth
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  • Stanley Lebergott, Output, Employment, and Productivity in the United States after 1800 (NBER, 1966), chap. 3, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/output-employment-and-productivity-united-states-after-1800/labor-force-and-employment-1800-1960.

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