Women, Other 'Fresh' Workers, and the New Manufacturing Workforce of Interwar Britain

P. Scott

Working Papers from Portsmouth University - Department of Economics

Abstract: During the interwar years there was a considerable expansion in un/semi-skilled manufacturing employment. This paper examines labour recruitment patterns for the expanding sectors, together with the characteristics employers sought in the new workforce, using national data and case-studies of eight rapidly expanding industrial centres.

Keywords: WOMEN; LABOUR MARKET; UNITED KINGDOM; ECONOMIC HISTORY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J21 N34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 1999
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