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Counting Housework: New Estimates of Real Product in the United States, 1800–1860

Year: 1993

Type: article

Abstract: Women engaged primarily in the provision of domestic services for family members make important contributions to total output. This article provides estimates of the size and sectoral allocation of the nonmarket household work force in the United States between 1800 and 1860. Those estimates are then used as a basis for several alternative imputations of the value of these women's work, which modify the historical picture of economic growth over this period.

Source: The Journal of Economic History

DOI: 10.1017/s0022050700012912

Authors: Nancy Folbre, Barnet Wagman

Institutions: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Stockton University

Language: English

Topic: Historical Economic and Social Studies

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Gender equality

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Science Foundation