Labor Market Tightness during WWI and the Postwar Recession of 1920-1921
Labor Market Tightness during WWI and the Postwar Recession of 1920-1921
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St. Louis: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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St. Louis: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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The U.S. economy entered the 1920s with a robust job market and high inflation but fell into a recession following the Federal Reserve's discount rate hikes to tame inflation. Using a newly constructed data set, we study labor market dynamics during this period. We find that labor markets were tight when the Federal Reserve began tightening monetar...
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Labor Market Tightness during WWI and the Postwar Recession of 1920-1921
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2699552851
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10.17016/FEDS.2022.049
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