Women at Work in the United States Since 1860: An Analysis of Unreported Family Workers
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- Chiswick, Barry R. & Robinson, RaeAnn Halenda, 2021. "Women at work in the United States since 1860: An analysis of unreported family workers," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
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Keywords
Women; Labor Force Participation; Unreported Family Workers; Occupational Status; Unpaid Workers; Self-Employment; 1860 Census; 1920 Census; American Community Survey;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N31 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- J82 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Labor Force Composition
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2021-07-12 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-IUE-2021-07-12 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2021-07-12 (Labour Economics)
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