Women's Labour Force Participation and the Transition to the Male-Breadwinner Family, 1790-1865

1995/02/01 by Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries · 216 citations
Chemistry · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Chemistry #Demographic economics #Economics #Gender studies #Historical Economic and Social Studies #Historical Gender and Feminism Studies #Labour economics #Sociology #Transition (genetics)

paper · doi:10.2307/2597872

published in The Economic History Review 48(1), 89 (Wiley)

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Abstract

Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries, Women's Labour Force Participation and the Transition to the Male-Breadwinner Family, 1790-1865, The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 48, No. 1 (Feb., 1995), pp. 89-117

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