The American Manufacturing Economy in the time of the Great Depression

本研究的目的是分析经济行为 1929-1935年美国工业经济的发展。 这一时期跨越了有史以来最大的需求下降罢工 经济中的制造业。 了解 经济对需求急剧下降的反应， 在产出市场和劳动力市场上， 理解大萧条的重要性和核心。 一个新的数据集将被组装，其中包括个人- 工厂数据来自1929年、1931年、1933年、 和1935年。 这些数据比任何现存的数据集都要精细得多， 这一时期，和建立一级的微观数据，如这些将 用于分析产出和劳动力市场的反应 年期间总需求的严重下降， 那个时期。 该项目将创建企业面板数据 适用于各种重要行业。 此外该 关于人口普查时间表的丰富信息将与额外的- 关于拥有这些机构的公司的普查资料， 公司所采用的技术。 这个项目是 因为它将提供新的信息和见解 关于大萧条时期经济的收缩。

The purpose of this research is to analyze the economic behavior of the American industrial economy during the period 1929-1935. This period spans the largest decline in demand ever to strike the manufacturing sector of the economy. Understanding the response of the economy to this dramatic decline in demand, both in output markets and the labor markets is of enormous analytic importance and central to understanding the Great Depression. A new data set will be assembled which consists of individual- plant data form the Census of Manufacturing for 1929, 1931, 1933, and 1935. These data are far finer than any extant data set for the period, and establishment-level micro-data such as these will be used to analyze the response of the output and labor markets to the severe down turn in aggregate demand experienced during that period. The project will create establishment panel data sets for a variety of important industries. In addition, the rich information on the Census schedules will link in extra- Censal information about the firms owning the establishments and about the technology employed by the firms. This project is important because it will provide new information and insights about the contraction of the economy during the Great Depression.