Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Hours, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1920-1942 (2)--Original Data, 1932-1956. This Segment Is Roughly Comparable To The Preceeding Segment Of National Industrial Conference Board Data. Source: Bureau Of Labor Statistics, For 1932-1952 Data: Employment, Hours, And Earnings, Manufacturing Division, Food And Kindred Goods Subdivision, Meat Packing Wholesale, Releases Ls53-1666, February, 1953 And May, 1955; For 1953-1956 Data: Release Of June, 1956 And Monthly Labor Review, 1953 And Following Years.

This NBER data series m08196b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.

NBER Indicator: m08196b