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Title:
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U.S. Weeks Report of Wages in Manufacturing Firms up to 1880
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Description:
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About 100,000 wage observations from a U.S. Census survey of manufacturing firms. Wage units were usually wage-per-day but sometimes were in piece rates. Reported retrospectively from 1880s. Observations vary from 1801 to 1880. Median year is 1873. Firms were grouped by industry and much information about the firm is reported.
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Data
Format:
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ASCII or Stata
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Subject:
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T (Labor and
Employment History)
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Geographic Area:
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7 (North America:
United States, New York)
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Time
Period:
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7 (19th Century)
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Publications:
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None noted |
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URL
or FTP Address:
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http://techterms.net/ironwork/weeksreport/weeksdoc.htm |
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Contact:
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Peter B. Meyer
Office of Productivity and Technology Room 2180 Bureau of Labor Statistics 2 Massachusetts Ave., NE Washington, DC 20212 USA Phone: 1-202-691-5678 E-mail: meyer_p@bls.gov |
