Industrial Employment and Unemployment in West Yorkshire A Statistical Review of Recent Trends

First Published in 1936, Industrial Employment and Unemployment in West Yorkshire presents the trends of employment and unemployment on the basis of official statistics. West Yorkshire is in many respects a representative British industrial region. Though not enjoying as great prosperity as London and the South Midlands, it has escaped the severe depression experienced in Lancashire, South Wales, Scotland, and the North of England. The position in the predepression years, the magnitude of the depression and the course of the recovery are brought under review. These changes inevitably affect the industrial structure of an area. An estimate is made of the surplus of labour in the area and of the possibility of reabsorbing this surplus into industry. This book is an essential archival resource for scholars and researchers of British economy, labour economics, labour history and economics in general.

1.Introduction 2. The Area Under Review 3. General Trend of Employment and Unemployment 4. Trends in Chief Towns 5. Expanded and Contracted Industries 6. Review of Chief Industries 7. The Age Factor in Unemployment 8. Duration on Employment 9. Relative Numbers of Men and Women in Industry 10. Juvenile Employment and Unemployment 11. Conclusions Appendix I: Notes on the Statistics used in this review. Appendix II: Statistics of estimated numbers of insured persons, numbers and percentages unemployed in certain industries in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1924, and 1928 to 1936 Appendix III: Statistics showing the estimated numbers of insured persons in the chief industries of West Yorkshire at July 1935, by towns Index

J. Henry Richardson