The wages of women in England, 1260-1850

This paper presents a wage series for unskilled English women workers from 1260 to 1850 and compares it with existing evidence for men. Our series cast light on long run trends in women's agency and wellbeing, revealing an intractable, indeed widening gap between women and men's remunerat...

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Hlavní autoři: Humphries, J, Weisdorf, J
Médium: Working paper
Vydáno: University of Oxford 2014