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Economic Coverage of the Fair Labor Standards Act

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1944 58(3), 460
Introduction: general defects, 460. — Basic principles of coverage, 461. — Extent of coverage in relation to total employment, 462. — Groups completely exempt from the Act, 468. — Major problems involved in present coverage: competing industries in different positions, 472; gold mining, 473; wholesaling, 474; retailing, 474; exemptions, 476; construction, 476; maintenance, 477. — Suggested revisions of the Act, 477.

Period Analysis and Timeless Equilibrium

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1944 58(2), 315
Journal Article Period Analysis and Timeless Equilibrium Get access William Fellner William Fellner University of California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 58, Issue 2, February 1944, Pages 315–322, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883322 Published: 01 February 1944

Wages and Profits in the Paper Industry, 1929-1939

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1944 58(2), 196
I. The problem, 196.— II. Description of the industry, 198.— III. Description of the sample, 199. — IV. Timing of wage changes, 199.— Comparisons: regions and types of products, 205; ability to pay, 206; size of company, 210; unionization, 211; dividend changes, 212; summary, 213. — V. Wage-rate levels: the data, 214; ranking and grouping of mills, 214. — Comparisons: products and states, 215; profitability and financial condition, 219; size of company, 221; unionization, 222; community, 223. — Conclusions, 224.

Equalization Schemes in German Unemployment Compensation

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1944 58(3), 482
Relevance of the German experience, 482. — I. Coöperation for the relief of the unemployed, 1918–1927: early demobilization measures, 483; unemployment relief measures, 484; nation-wide equalization, 486. — II. The national unemployment insurance act of 1927: federal and state contributions, 488; effects of the depression, 490. — III. Extent of financial equalization, 1924–1936: national and state contributions to the cost of unemployment relief, 490; equalization within the Federal Institute, 493. — IV. Conclusions, 496.

Income Creation by Means of Income Taxation

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1944 58(2), 265
I. Conditions under which taxation is income creating, 265. — Influence of expenditures, 268. — II. Under-employment equilibrium with consumption 100 per cent of income, 269. — III. Under-employment equilibrium with net investment and the average propensity to consume less than 100 per cent, 275. — IV. Full employment and a sudden closing of investment outlets, 280. — V. Application of the foregoing analysis in a practical program, 285. — Effectiveness of the income tax as an instrument of policy, 286.

Income-Generating Effects of a Balanced Budget

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1944 59(1), 78
Scope of the paper: effects of a non-progressive balanced increase in the budget, 78. — The mechanics, 79. — Qualifications: character of government output, 82; competition with private enterprise, 83; effect upon the propensity to consume, 83; further effects of taxation, 85. — Comparison of income-generating measures, 88

German Foreign Trade and Industry After the First World War

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1944 58(4), 615
Alleged effects of the Versailles settlements, 615. — I. The export trade: totals, 616; relation to world trade, 619; comparison with prewar figures, 620; relation to home sales, 621; composition, 622; distribution, 625. — II. The import trade: totals, 627; luxuries, 629; raw materials, 631; agricultural products, 631. — III. Industry: output, 633; unemployment, 634. — IV. National income, 635. — V. Conclusions, 636.

Hicks on Perfect Substitutes

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1944 59(1), 134
Journal Article Hicks on Perfect Substitutes Get access Edwin B. Wilson Edwin B. Wilson Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 59, Issue 1, November 1944, Pages 134–140, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883261 Published: 01 November 1944

Strikes and Lock-Outs of Great Britain

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1944 59(1), 92
Introduction: scope of the paper, 92. — Number of disputes, 94. — Attitude of trade unions, 94. — Compulsory arbitration, 96. — Magnitude of disputes, 98. — Duration of disputes, 98. — Industries affected, 99. — Causes of disputes, 102. — Results of disputes, 104. — Conclusion, 106

Reserve Requirements and the Integration of Credit Policies

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1944 58(4), 553
I. Origin of the provision for changing reserve requirements of member banks, 553. — II. Nature of the provision as an instrument of credit control, 554. — III. History of its use, 556. — IV. Criticisms: ladk of precision, 558; discrimination, 560; inflexibility, 563. —- V. Relation to Federal Reserve finances, 564. — Security markets, 567. — VI. Effect upon future control of credit, 568. — VII. General conclusion, 570.