Unemployment in War-Time Britain

Beatrice G. Reubens

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1945, vol. 59, issue 2, 206-236

Abstract: The prewar situation, 206. — British unemployment statistics, 207. — The course of unemployment, 208. — The composition of unemployment: women, 214; older workers, 217; depressed areas, 218; unemployables, 222.— Duration of unemployment, 225. — Causes and implications of the war-time record: changes in the labor supply, 227; changes in the demand for labor, 229; government control of the labor market, 231. — Conclusion, 234.

Date: 1945
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