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dc.contributor.authorHart, Robert A.en
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T16:11:10Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T16:11:10Z-
dc.date.issued2003-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/20044-
dc.description.abstractThe relationship between training and firm-level employment adjustment given anunanticipated fall in product demand has been central to human capital theory. The most cataclysmic negative output shock occurred in 1929/30. At this time, easily the most important source of United Kingdom general training was the apprenticeship system. Using data collected by the Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF), this paper examines the impact of the Great Depression on numbers of apprentices and skilled journeymen. Statistics cover eight skilled engineering occupations in 38 local labour markets over the period 1928-1938. Relative employment adjustment responses of apprentices and journeymen accord well with general human capital arguments.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x799en
dc.subject.jelN34en
dc.subject.jelE24en
dc.subject.jelJ24en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordgeneral human capitalen
dc.subject.keywordBritish engineeringen
dc.subject.keywordGreat Depressionen
dc.subject.keywordemployment adjustmentsen
dc.subject.stwBetriebliche Bildungsarbeiten
dc.subject.stwIngenieureen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsnachfrageen
dc.subject.stwAnpassungen
dc.subject.stwKonjunkturen
dc.subject.stwWirtschaftsgeschichteen
dc.subject.stwBildungsinvestitionen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwGroßbritannienen
dc.titleGeneral Human Capital and Employment Adjustment in the Great Depression: Apprentices and Journeymen in UK Engineering-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn366025481en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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