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The shortening of the work week as a component of economic growth

Abstract

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This thesis, as its title indicates, deals primarily with the economic aspects of shorter hours. The emphasis throughout the thesis is upon economic principles combined with explanatory factual material. With labor issues on the front pages of newspapers, the reader may acquire many miscellaneous scraps of information about labor, but he generally lacks an understanding of the underlying forces that explain the surface facts. If, however, a firm theoretical foundation is developed to which various factual material may be attached in a meaningful manner, not only is the reader less likely to forget the facts but he has a basis for interpreting new data and current affairs. He then is in a position to relate new facts to old ones and to evaluate existing labor policies.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Business Administration
Department dc:contributor.department
Business Administration
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
1957

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Wolfe, Ernest P.

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
etd-07072010-020135
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/43547

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Wolfe, Ernest P.. The shortening of the work week as a component of economic growth. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 1957. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43547