作者:Langlois, Richard N.
作者单位:University of Connecticut
作者:Withrow, Jennifer
摘要:Using linked Census Tree records and archival sources, I explore the roles of race and gender in migrant selection and sorting during the exodus of single young women and men from U.S. Southern farms from 1900-1940. Female migration rates, influenced by changes in farm men's marriageability, rose during the farm crisis of 1920-1940 and exceeded men's by 1940. On- and off-farm discrimination by race and gender drove differences in migrant characteristics: out-of-South Black female migrants, but...
作者:Kotsadam, Andreas; Rasmussen, Magnus B.; Moene, Kalle; Kjelsrud, Anders; Gjerlow, Haakon
作者单位:University of Oslo; Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
摘要:To what extent do strike threats prompt firms to adopt capital-intensive methods to deter strikes or labor-intensive strategies to maintain flexibility during work stoppages? We introduce a theoretical model that demonstrates how threats of industrial action influence capital investments through relative factor prices and the power dynamics between workers and employers. Using newly digitized data from 3,141 industrial conflicts and collective agreements in Norway during the interwar period, o...
作者:Rose, Jonathan D.
作者单位:Federal Reserve System - USA