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The Household Equipment Revolution

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  • Effrosyni Adamopoulou

    (ZEW and University of Mannheim)

  • Jeremy Greenwood

    (University of Pennsylvania)

  • Nezih Guner

    (CEMFI)

Abstract

A brief historical overview of the household equipment revolution and the women who transformed the home in Germany and the United States.

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  • Effrosyni Adamopoulou & Jeremy Greenwood & Nezih Guner, 2024. "The Household Equipment Revolution," PIER Working Paper Archive 24-005, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania.
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    Keywords

    appliances; housework; leisure; Christine Frederick; Hildegard Margis; Arne Meyer; vintage advertisements;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals
    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • N32 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-
    • N34 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: 1913-

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