Unemployment and Relief
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2199004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frances Perkins (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1934 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 768-775 |
| Publication date | 1934-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/216618 |
| OpenAlex | W1965797675 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In 1929 the relief in 120 cities, totaling about 35 per cent of the population, was $43,000,000 In 1933 it was $447,000,000. One-eighth of all the families in the United States were on relief in 1933, involving an expenditure of nearly $800,000,000. The ineffective handling of relief has improved with time. For the future, relief should continue in close co-ordination with a broad social program to guard against the return of the sweatshop and to make adjustments with industry. Also, unemployment insurance and reserves should be built up, and security for special groups should be provided by the states; at the same time antiquated types of poor laws should be abolished
Business · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Guard (computer science) · Labour economics · Market economy · Poor relief · Population · Poverty · Social security · Sociology · Sweatshop · Unemployment · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |