The rural labour market in the early nineteenth century: Women's and children's employment, family income, and the 1834 poor law report

Economic History Review

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 299-323

  Verdon, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; LABOR MARKET; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RURAL AREA; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036339724     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0289.00222     Document Type: Article

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