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

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Scott, P.
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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.

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Paper provided by Portsmouth University - Department of Economics in its series Papers with number 127.

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Length: 32 pages
Date of creation: 1999
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Handle: RePEc:fth:portec:127

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Keywords: WOMEN ; LABOUR MARKET ; UNITED KINGDOM ; ECONOMIC HISTORY;

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J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
N34 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Income, and Wealth - - - Europe: 1913-

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