Working for a living? Women and children's labour inputs in England, 1260-1850

We use new estimates of men, women, and children's wages in combination with cost-of-living indices to explore family living standards across six centuries of English history. A family perspective enables us to quantify the labour inputs required from women and children in circumstances when me...

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Main Authors: Horrell, S, Humphries, J, Weisdorf, J
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2019