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Occupational Differences in Labor Market Integration: The United States in 1890

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When labor markets are subject to large demand or supply shocks, as was the case in the late nineteenth-century United States, geographic wage differentials may not be an accurate index of market integration. This article uses a conceptually more appealing measure—the elasticity of local labor supply—to compare the integration of urban labor markets for a variety of occupations in 1890. According to this measure, markets, for unskilled labor and skilled metal-working trades appear relatively well integrated in comparison to those for the skilled building trades.

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  • Rosenbloom, Joshua L., 1991. "Occupational Differences in Labor Market Integration: The United States in 1890," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 51(2), pages 427-439, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:51:y:1991:i:02:p:427-439_03
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    1. Andrew J. Cassey & Kwanyoung Lee & Jeremy Sage & Peter R. Tozer, 2018. "Assessing post-harvest labor shortages, wages, and welfare," Agricultural and Food Economics, Springer;Italian Society of Agricultural Economics (SIDEA), vol. 6(1), pages 1-24, December.
    2. Joshua L. Rosenbloom, 1996. "The Extent of the Labor Market in the United States, 1850-1914," NBER Historical Working Papers 0078, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Matthew J. Slaughter, 1995. "The Antebellum Transportation Revolution and Factor-Price Convergence," NBER Working Papers 5303, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Haaparanta, Pertti & Liski, Matti & Riipinen, Toni, 2002. "Welfare Reducing Emission Permit Trade," Conference papers 331007, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
    5. Margo, Robert A., 1999. "Regional Wage Gaps and the Settlement of the Midwest," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 36(2), pages 128-143, April.

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