We examine Trevon Logan's 2009 claim to have found low levels of nutrition among British worker's households in the late 19th century. Using the same data, we conclude that Logan's estimates are thirty percent too low. Logan buttressed his estimates by claiming that the income elasticity of...

This paper examines whether foreign competition affects the reallocation of unpaid and family workers from household businesses to working outside of the family firm. Using a rich panel dataset of Vietnamese manufacturing enterprises that went through trade liberalization, I find that import...

Household Accounts -- Contents -- A Note on Household Accounts and Its Preparation -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "Living on the Margin": Working-Class Marriages and Family Survival Strategies -- 2. "Cooperative Conflict": Gender, Generation, and Consumption in Working-Class Families...