Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5130334 | Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research | 2016 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
This article analyses the female labour participation rates of Laujar de Andarax (AlmerÃa) and Ãbeda (Jaén), both in Andalusia, in the mid-eighteenth century, representative locations of manufacturing activity linked to wool textile in the South of Spain. A database was composed including 12,195 inhabitants using the records of the Ensenada Cadastre of 1751-1752. The impact of the demand factors was established: A local economy with a relatively stronger presence of the secondary and tertiary sector, especially the textile sector; and the supply factors: life cycles, marital status, number of children, occupation and age of husbands. This study concludes that the female activity rates were 54.2% in Laujar, and 27.4% in Ãbeda, and the 2 most important occupations were in the textile industry and domestic service. The local perspective shows that demand factors had a strong influence.
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Authors
Luis Garrido-González,