The transformation of labor supply in the pre-industrial world
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Labor supply; Industrious revolution; Consumption; Time allocation;All these keywords.
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- N33 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
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