COUNTING HOUSEWORK - NEW ESTIMATES OF REAL PRODUCT IN THE UNITED-STATES, 1800-1860

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Stockton University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-0507
• DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700012912
• 发表日期: 1993
• 页码: 275-288
• 关键词: gender; LABOR

摘要

Women engaged primarily in the provision of domestic services for family members make important contributions to total output. This article provides estimates of the size and sectoral allocation of the nonmarket household work force in the United States between 1800 and 1860. Those estimates are then used as a basis for several alternative imputations of the value of these women's work, which modify the historical picture of economic growth over this period.