Summary
The Female Labor Force Participation (FLFP) remains a ‘black hole’ of European Economic History. The fact that a large part of total economic activity has been excluded from the figures of ‘economic activity’, a fundamental economic indicator, means a minimization of the productive potential of the European economy, a distortion of the occupational sector structure (since under registration affects the economic sectors in different degrees), prevents identification of structural change, and makes the correct calculation of labor productivity almost impossible. The Workshop aims at setting the bases for the reconstruction of a reliable FLFP rate for 18th-19th centuries Western Europe.
Preliminary programme and Provisional list of participant
(for information purposes only - this meeting is not open to the public)
Convened by: Carmen Sarasúa (ES), Jane Humphries (UK)