Bourke, Joanna (1991) Working women: the domestic labour market in Ireland, 1890-1914. Journal of Interdisciplinary History 21 (3), pp. 479-499. ISSN 0022-1953.
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Abstract
Historians and economists generally (and prudently) choose narrowly to define "labor" as paid employment, ignoring the largest sector of work: unpaid work within the home. It is no longer sufficient to regard women who work in the home as "surplus" or "unproductive" workers. Rather, the movement of women out of the paid employment market and into the unpaid domestic market is linked to the increased value of labor within the home. Although certain shifts in the economy pushed Irish women out of employment, there were equally powerful economic forces drawing women into unpaid domestic production.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Historical Studies |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2016 14:36 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:30 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/17657 |
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