The Labor Market during the Great Depression and the Current Recession

Levine, Linda

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Economic policy;    Business cycles;    Finance;    Financial crises;    Labor;   

RP-ID  :  R40655
RP-ID  :  R40655_2009Jun19

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report analyzes the labor market experiences of workers during the 1930s, which encompassed the almost five years of the Great Depression. Because it was a period very distant and different from today, considerable time is devoted to examining the employment and unemployment measures available at that time. The report ends by comparing the labor market conditions of the 1930s with those encountered by workers thus far during the recession that began in December 2007.