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Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 45 No. 2 1931

Some Effects of the English Unemployment Insurance Acts on the Number of Unemployed Relieved Under the Poor Law

Helen Leland Witmer

Smith College

Abstract

Introductory survey of legislation, 262. — I. Developments 1920–1926, 265. — The Act of 1927, 273. — II. Leniency of Boards of Guardians not an adequate explanation of conditions, 275. — III. Extent of overlapping of Poor Law and Insurance System, 280. — Analysis of recipients of aid from both, 285. — Conclusion, 287.

DOI
10.2307/1885475
Volume
45
Issue
2
Pages
262
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