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Women at Work in the Pre-Civil War United States: An Analysis of Unreported Family Workers
Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn Halenda - 2020
Rates of labor force participation in the US in the second half of the nineteenth century among free women were … an augmented free female labor force participation rate for 1860. It is calculated by identifying free women (age 16 and … female labor force participation rate in the 1860 Census, from 16 percent to 56 percent, which is comparable to today’s rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012237648
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Women at Work in the Pre-Civil War United States: An Analysis of Unreported Family Workers
Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn Halenda - 2020
Rates of labor force participation in the US in the second half of the nineteenth century among free women were … an augmented free female labor force participation rate for 1860. It is calculated by identifying free women (age 16 and … female labor force participation rate in the 1860 Census, from 16 percent to 56 percent, which is comparable to today's rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270102
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The Occupations of Free Women and Substitution with Enslaved Workers in the Antebellum United States
Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn H. - 2022
This paper analyzes the occupational status and distribution of free women in the antebellum United States. It considers both their reported and unreported (imputed) occupations, using the 1/100 IPUMS files from the 1860 Census of Population. After developing and testing the model based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013093095
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The Occupations of Free Women and Substitution with Enslaved Workers in the Antebellum United States
Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn Halenda - 2022
This paper analyzes the occupational status and distribution of free women in the antebellum United States. It considers both their reported and unreported (imputed) occupations, using the 1/100 IPUMS files from the 1860 Census of Population. After developing and testing the model based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351701
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Women at Work in the United States Since 1860: An Analysis of Unreported Family Workers
Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn Halenda - 2021
Estimated labor force participation rates among free women in the pre-Civil War period were exceedingly low. This is … takers. This paper develops an augmented labor force participation rate for free women in 1860 and compares it with the … boardinghouse keepers. Using microdata, the inclusion of these workers more than triples the free female labor force participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012548821
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Women at Work in the United States since 1860: An Analysis of Unreported Family Workers
Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn Halenda - 2021
Estimated labor force participation rates among free women in the pre-Civil War period were exceedingly low. This is … takers. This paper develops an augmented labor force participation rate for free women in 1860 and compares it with the … participation rate in the 1860 Census from 16 percent to 57 percent, more than doubles the participation rate in the 1920 Census …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597595
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The occupations of free women and substitution with enslaved workers in the antebellum United States
Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn H. - 2022
This paper analyzes the occupational status and distribution of free women in the antebellum United States. It considers both their reported and unreported (imputed) occupations, using the 1/100 IPUMS files from the 1860 Census of Population. After developing and testing the model based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013164106
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The occupations of free women and substitution with enslaved workers in the antebellum United States
Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn H. - 2022
This paper analyzes the occupational status and distribution of free women in the antebellum United States. It considers both their reported and unreported (imputed) occupations, using the 1/100 IPUMS files from the 1860 Census of Population. After developing and testing the model based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170306
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Women at work in the United States since 1860: an analysis of unreported family workers
Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn H. - 2021
Estimated labor force participation rates among free women in the pre-Civil War period were exceedingly low. This is … takers. This paper develops an augmented labor force participation rate for free women in 1860 and compares it with the … participation rate in the 1860 Census from 16 percent to 57 percent, more than doubles the participation rate in the 1920 Census …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550031
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Women at Work in the Pre-Civil War United States : An Analysis of Unreported Family Workers
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2020
Rates of labor force participation in the US in the second half of the nineteenth century among free women were … an augmented free female labor force participation rate for 1860.It is calculated by identifying free women (age 16 and … female labor force participation rate in the 1860 Census, from 16 percent to 56 percent, which is comparable to today's rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012829228