Everyone Does it
Unpaid Work in a Rural Peripheral Region
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2375337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lawrence F Felt (Institute of Social and Economic Research at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada), Lawrence Felt (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Peter R Sinclair (Department of Sociology at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43-64 |
| Publication date | 1992-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Employment and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/095001709261003 |
| OpenAlex | W2034181573 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 21 |
In this paper we document the extensive informal sector of unpaid productive labour in an isolated, peripheral area in Canada. The study is based on interviews with all adults in 250 households. We consider various socio-economic characteristics as determinants of participation in the informal economy with respect to home construction, other types of subsistence activity and the unpaid work that is done for other households. Our central hypothesis is that the extent of participation is independent of socio-economic status. Our analysis challenges the general adequacy of accounts by Pahl and by neo-Marxist authors. We argue that the informal economy is best understood partly as a constructive response to deprivation and partly because many of the activities are culturally valued
Agriculture · Constructive · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Informal sector · Labour economics · Paid work · Sociology · Subsistence agriculture · Unpaid work · Work (physics · Working hours · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Sharing Economy and Platforms · Social and Economic Solidarity · Taxation and Compliance Studies · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics · Mechanical Engineering
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2023 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |