Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/246953 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
EHES Working Papers in Economic History No. 22
Publisher: 
European Historical Economics Society (EHES), s.l.
Abstract: 
The French census of 1851 is one of the few nineteenth-century censuses that attempted to record the work of women and children carried out within households. This paper argues that the occupational designations in the nominative census lists are an accurate indicator of employment status. This paper analyzes a sample of 70,000 persons drawn from a set of rural communes in northern France. The data indicate that women's labour force participation was strongly affected by marital status, the occupation of the husband and the presence of young children in the household. The data lend support to the hypothesis that the main driver of labour force participation was poverty.
Subjects: 
female labour force participation
France
unpaid household work
home-based workers
occupational segregation
JEL: 
A1
D1
J21
J2
J
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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