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Enabling The Visible Hand

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  • Ian Keay
  • Marina E. Adshade

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  • Ian Keay & Marina E. Adshade, 2006. "Enabling The Visible Hand," Working Paper 1103, Economics Department, Queen's University.
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    1. Marina Adshade, 2012. "Female labour force participation in an era of organizational and technological change," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 45(3), pages 1188-1219, August.

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    Keywords

    US manufacturing; Female labor force participation; Technological change;
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    JEL classification:

    • N12 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-
    • N32 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-

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