Did unemployed workers choose not to work in interwar Britain? Evidence from the voices of unemployed workers

This paper revisits the controversy over whether unemployed workers in interwar Britain chose not to work because unemployment benefits were too generous. Economists have generally neglected the actual expressions of unemployed workers on the subject, while focusing rather narrowly on the economic a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sohn, Kitae
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51738