Barry Eichengreen

Unemployment and Underemployment In Historical Perspective: Introduction

November 1, 1989 • Working Papers • By Barry Eichengreen

The evolution of modern labor markets currently may be the single most popular research topic among economic historians, almost certainly in North America, quite probably in other parts of the…

The Impact of Unions In The 1890s: The Case of The New Hampshire Shoe Industry

March 1, 1989 • Working Papers • By Barry Eichengreen and Steven Maddox

In the postwar period, worker representation in industry has meant, if not quite all things to all men, at least different things to different people. As a generic term, it…

Unemployment In Inter-War Britain

November 1, 1988 • Working Papers • By Barry Eichengreen

It was the autumn of 1929 when business began to decline. Where Neil Smith’s employer had needed six lorry drivers, now he needed only five. But Smith, a young Englishman,…

Interwar Unemployment In International Perspective

April 1, 1988 • Working Papers • By Barry Eichengreen and Tim Hatton

For two decades after the Second World War, many economists and politicians thought that the battle against large-scale unemployment had been won. Since 1970, however, the armies of full employment…

Juvenile Unemployment In 20th Century Britain: The Emergence of A Problem

October 1, 1987 • Working Papers • By Barry Eichengreen

Abstract During the 1980’s youth unemployment rates have persistently exceeded unemployment rates for adults, in Britain as in other OECD countries. In the interwar period, youth unemployment rates in Britain…