Labour Productivity in the British and South Wales Coal Industry, 1874-1914
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Labour Productivity in the British and South Wales Coal Industry, 1874-1914 Author(s): Barry T. Hirsch and William J. Hausman Reviewed work(s): Source: Economica, New Series, Vol. 50, No. 198 (May, 1983), pp. 145-157 Published by: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The London School of Economics and Political Science and The Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2554057 . Accessed: 19/04/2012 18:28
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