Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Hours, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1920-1942 (2)--Original Data, 1947-1956. This Series Can Be Extended Through July 1948, When The Nicb Discontinued Compilation Of Its Payroll Statistics (See The Management Record, October 1948, P. 504). The Series Compiled By The Bls, And Used To Continue The Nicb Data Is Roughly Comparable In Industry Coverage. Source: National Industrial Conference Board: For 1920-June, 1936, "Wages, Hours, And Employment On The United States, 1914-1936" (Nicb Studies No. 229, 1936); For July Through December 1936, Supplement To Nicb Service Letter, June 1938; For 1937-1938, Nicb Economic Record, March 28, 1940; For 1939-1942, Table Furnished By Nicb.

This NBER data series m08209a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.

NBER Indicator: m08209a