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View article: The political economy of minimum wage setting: The <i>Factories and Shops Act</i> of Victoria (Australia), 1896–1913
The political economy of minimum wage setting: The <i>Factories and Shops Act</i> of Victoria (Australia), 1896–1913 Open
The Victorian Factories and Shops Act of 1896, the second minimum wage law in the world, empowered administrative agencies (‘Special Boards’) to set trade‐specific minimum rates on the basis of age, sex, and occupation. Some Victorian supp…
View article: The impact of public transportation and commuting on urban labor markets: Evidence from the New Survey of London Life and Labour, 1929–1932
The impact of public transportation and commuting on urban labor markets: Evidence from the New Survey of London Life and Labour, 1929–1932 Open
The growth of public transport networks in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries had profound effects on commuting in the industrialized world, yet the consequences for labor markets during this important period of historical d…
View article: William Angus Sinclair (1929–2023)
William Angus Sinclair (1929–2023) Open
William Angus (Gus) Sinclair, former president of the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand (EHSANZ) and editor of Australian Economic History Review, has passed away, aged 94. Gus was among the last surviving scholars from…
View article: Globalisation, migration, trade and growth: Honouring the contribution of Jeff Williamson to Australian and<scp>Asia‐Pacific</scp>economic history—Guest Editor's introduction
Globalisation, migration, trade and growth: Honouring the contribution of Jeff Williamson to Australian and<span>Asia‐Pacific</span>economic history—Guest Editor's introduction Open
This issue of the Australian Economic History Review honours the many contributions of Jeffrey Gale Williamson. Although Jeff has worked on an extraordinarily wide range of topics, countries and time periods, he is perhaps best known for h…
View article: The Rise of American Minimum Wages, 1912–1968
The Rise of American Minimum Wages, 1912–1968 Open
This paper studies the judicial, political, and intellectual battles over minimum wages from the early state laws of the 1910s through the peak in the real federal minimum in 1968. Early laws were limited to women and children and were rul…
View article: The Rise of American Minimum Wages, 1912-1968
The Rise of American Minimum Wages, 1912-1968 Open
We describe the economic history of the rise of the American minimum wage between 1910 and 1968.Each new FLSA amendment led to a new peak in the real purchasing power of the national minimum.Exemptions to the FLSA were progressively closed…
View article: Union Bank of Australia, Data and Codebook
Union Bank of Australia, Data and Codebook Open
Personnel data from the Union Bank of Australia. Covers entire careers of all employees at the Bank in 1887 and all entrants through 1900.
View article: The Rise of American Minimum Wages, 1912-1968
The Rise of American Minimum Wages, 1912-1968 Open
We describe the economic history of the rise of the American minimum wage between 1910 and 1968. Each new FLSA amendment led to a new peak in the real purchasing power of the national minimum. Exemptions to the FLSA were progressively clos…
View article: The Impact of the 1896 Factory and Shops Act
The Impact of the 1896 Factory and Shops Act Open
Replication files for The Impact of the 1896 Factory and Shops Act on the Labor Market of Victoria, Australia
View article: Co-Authorship in Economic History and Economics: Are We Any Different?
Co-Authorship in Economic History and Economics: Are We Any Different? Open
Over the last six decades articles published in leading economic history journals have been less likely to be coauthored than articles published in leading general economics journals. However, in both economic history and general economics…
View article: Co-authorship in Economic History and Economics: Are We Any Different?
Co-authorship in Economic History and Economics: Are We Any Different? Open
general economics journals there have been strong, monotonic increases in the number of authors per article and the fraction of co-authored papers.Economics and economic history differ in the nature of collaboration, in that co-authorships…
View article: The Impact of the 1896 Factory and Shops Act on Victorian Labour Markets
The Impact of the 1896 Factory and Shops Act on Victorian Labour Markets Open
This paper examines the effects of the Victorian Factory and Shops Act, the first minimum wage law in Australia. The Act differed from modern minimum wage laws in that it established Special Boards, which set trade-specific minimum wage sc…
View article: Are information security professionals expected value maximizers?: An experiment and survey-based test
Are information security professionals expected value maximizers?: An experiment and survey-based test Open
Information security professionals have to assess risk in order to make investment decisions on security measures. To investigate whether professionals make such decisions optimally, we conduct an online experiment and survey measuring ris…
View article: The Impact of Fundamentalist Terrorism on School Enrolment: Evidence from North-Western Pakistan, 2004-09
The Impact of Fundamentalist Terrorism on School Enrolment: Evidence from North-Western Pakistan, 2004-09 Open
Islamist groups in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and elsewhere have sought to remove females from public life. This paper uses data from Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement and the Global Terrorism Database to examine the impact of t…