Industrial Employment and Unemployment in West Yorkshire - A Statistical Review of Recent Trends

List of contents

1.Introduction 2. The Area Under Review 3. General Trend of Employment and Unemployment 4. Trends in Chief Towns 5. Expanded and Contracted Industries 6. Review of Chief Industries 7. The Age Factor in Unemployment 8. Duration on Employment 9. Relative Numbers of Men and Women in Industry 10. Juvenile Employment and Unemployment 11. Conclusions Appendix I: Notes on the Statistics used in this review. Appendix II: Statistics of estimated numbers of insured persons, numbers and percentages unemployed in certain industries in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1924, and 1928 to 1936 Appendix III: Statistics showing the estimated numbers of insured persons in the chief industries of West Yorkshire at July 1935, by towns Index

About the author

J. Henry Richardson

Summary

First Published in 1936, Industrial Employment and Unemployment in West Yorkshire presents the trends of employment and unemployment on the basis of official statistics. The position in the predepression years, the magnitude of the depression and the course of the recovery are brought under review.

Product details

• Authors: J. Henry Richardson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9781032183015
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3218301-5
• No. of pages: 138
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Political Economy, Economics of industrial organisation, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Economics of industrial organization