Industrial Employment and Wages of Women, Men, and Children in a 19th Century City
Indianapolis, 1850-1880
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5620764 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert V Robinson, Ana-Maria Wahl, Ana‐maria Wahl |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 912 |
| Publication date | 1990-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2095754 |
| OpenAlex | W2328563925 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
Analyzing manuscript schedules of the Census of Manufactures for Indianapolis in 1850, 1870, and 1880, we test two models of industrial employment and wages According to the textile model, the development of the factory system and labor-saving technologies allowed employers to substitute low-paid, unskilled women and children for high-paid, skilled men, driving down men's wages. According to the craft production model, 19th centuryfactories, including those using machinery extensively, continued to rely on craft systems of production similar to those in artisan shops, i.e., they employed male craft workers and paid them well. We find no evidence that women or children were substituted for men as capitalintensity andfirm size increased or that the presence of women or children in an industry drove down men's wages. Child workers, overwhelmingly boys, were replacing men, but not in the sense that the textile model assumes. Rather, boys were in training for skilled industrial trades held by men. Thus, children resembled men in their employment patterns rather than women
Art · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economics · Industrial city · Labour economics · Late 19th century · Political science · Progressive era · Sociology · American History and Culture · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2007 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |