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200 10$aWages and labor markets in the United States, 1820-1860$b[electronic resource] /$fRobert A. Margo
210   $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$dc2000
215   $a1 online resource (214 p.)
225 1 $aNBER series on long-term factors in economic development
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-226-50507-3 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-194) and index.
327   $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. The Growth of Wages in Antebellum America: A Review -- $t3. New Estimates of Nominal and Real Wages for the Antebellum Period -- $t4. Intersectoral Efficiency: Farm-Nonfarm Wage Gaps -- $t5. Geographic Aspects of Labor Market Integration before the Civil War -- $t6. Wages in California during the Gold Rush -- $t7. Antebellum Wages and Labor Markets: A New Interpretation -- $t8. Postlude -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex
330   $aResearch by economists and economic historians has greatly expanded our knowledge of labor markets and real wages in the United States since the Civil War, but the period from 1820 to 1860 has been far less studied. Robert Margo fills this gap by collecting and analyzing the payroll records of civilians hired by the United States Army and the 1850 and 1860 manuscript federal Censuses of Social Statistics. New wage series are constructed for three occupational groups-common laborers, artisans, and white-collar workers-in each of the four major census regions-Northeast, Midwest, South Atlantic, and South Central-over the period 1820 to 1860, and also for California between 1847 and 1860. Margo uses these data, along with previously collected evidence on prices, to explore a variety of issues central to antebellum economic development. This volume makes a significant contribution to economic history by presenting a vast amount of previously unexamined data to advance the understanding of the history of wages and labor markets in the antebellum economy.
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