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Work‐sharing During the Great Depression: Did the ‘President's Reemployment Agreement’ Promote Reemployment?

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  • Jason E. Taylor, 2011. "Work‐sharing During the Great Depression: Did the ‘President's Reemployment Agreement’ Promote Reemployment?," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 78(309), pages 133-158, January.
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