Counting Housework: New Estimates of Real Product in the United States, 1800–1860
估算了1800-1860年美国非市场家务劳动力的规模和部门分配,并据此重新计算女性家务劳动的价值,修正了该时期经济增长的历史图景。
Women engaged primarily in the provision of domestic services for family members make important contributions to total output. This article provides estimates of the size and sectoral allocation of the nonmarket household work force in the United States between 1800 and 1860. Those estimates are then used as a basis for several alternative imputations of the value of these women's work, which modify the historical picture of economic growth over this period.