Ngai, Liwa Rachel; Olivetti, Claudia; Petrongolo, Barbara - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
their widespread involvement in unpaid agricultural work. Combining data from the US Census and several early sources, we … create a consistent measure of male and female employment and hours for the US for 1870-2019, including paid work and unpaid … work in family farms and non-farm businesses. The resulting measure of hours traces a U-shape for women, with a modest …