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Uncovering the hidden work of women in family businesses : a history of census undernumeration
- Title
- Uncovering the hidden work of women in family businesses : a history of census undernumeration / Lisa Geib-Gundersen.
- Author
- Geib-Gundersen, Lisa, 1967-
- Publication
- New York : Garland, 1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HD6095 .G44 1998 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 99 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Series Statement
- Garland studies in the history of American labor
- Uniform Title
- Garland studies in the history of American labor
- Subject
- Geschichte 1890-1940
- Women > Employment > History. > United States
- Family-owned business enterprises > United States > Employees > History
- Census undercounts > United States > History
- Census undercounts
- Women > Employment
- Familienbetrieb
- Mitarbeit
- Weibliche Familienangehörige
- Volkszählung
- Ehefrau
- United States > Census
- United States
- USA
- Genre/Form
- Census data.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- An Historical Description of Married Women's Labor -- The U-Shaped Pattern of Married Women's Labor Supply -- From Household Production to Labor Market Participation -- Early Census Biases -- The Importance of Counting Women's Work -- The Apparent Undercount of Productive Women in U.S. Censuses -- Women in Early Censuses -- A Review of the Census Undercount Literature -- The Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) -- Women in Family Businesses and Households with Boarders -- An Analysis of Women's Involvement in Family Businesses -- A History of Wives' Participation in Family Businesses -- Descriptive Statistics on Self-Employment -- Documentary Evidence -- Uncovering the Hidden Work of Women in Family Businesses -- Revising the Participation Rate of Married Women -- Implications for the Pattern of Married Women's Labor Force Participation -- The Identification of Self-Employment-Intensive Occupations -- Explaining the Racial Gap in Married Women's Labor Force Participation -- Racial Differences in Married Women's Propensity to Participate -- Previous Efforts to Explain the Gap -- The Link Between Self-Employment and Participation -- The Characteristics of Women in This Sample -- The Racial Gap in Married Women's Labor Force Participation -- Empirical Estimation -- Results and Implications -- Conclusions, Implications, and Extensions.
- ISBN
- 081533253X
- 9780815332534
- LCCN
- 98046218
- OCLC
- ocm39981677
- 39981677
- SCSB-9783352
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library