This paper presents two wage-series for unskilled English women workers 1260-1850, one based on daily wages and one on the daily remuneration implied in annual contracts. The series are compared with each other and with evidence for men, informing several debates. Our findings suggest first that women servants did not share the post-Black Death "golden age" and so offer little support for a "girl-powered" economic breakthrough; and second that during the industrial revolution, women who were unable to work long hours lost ground relative to men and to women who could work full-time and fell increasingly adrift from any "High Wage Economy."
The wages of women in England, 1260-1850 / Humphries, J.; Weisdorf, J.. - In: THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY. - ISSN 0022-0507. - 75:2(2015), pp. 405-447. [10.1017/S0022050715000662]
The wages of women in England, 1260-1850
Weisdorf J.
2015
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This paper presents two wage-series for unskilled English women workers 1260-1850, one based on daily wages and one on the daily remuneration implied in annual contracts. The series are compared with each other and with evidence for men, informing several debates. Our findings suggest first that women servants did not share the post-Black Death "golden age" and so offer little support for a "girl-powered" economic breakthrough; and second that during the industrial revolution, women who were unable to work long hours lost ground relative to men and to women who could work full-time and fell increasingly adrift from any "High Wage Economy."| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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