Female labour force participation rates in the 18th century in two Andalusian towns: Laujar de Andarax (Almería) and Úbeda (Jaén)

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  • Luis Garrido-González

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihe.2015.08.001

Keywords:

Female labour force participation rate, Labour market inequality, Eighteenth century, Andalusia (Spain), J16, J21, J82, R23

Abstract

This article analyses the female labour participation rates of Laujar de Andarax (Almería) and Úbeda (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 Úbeda, 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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Garrido-González, L. (2019). Female labour force participation rates in the 18th century in two Andalusian towns: Laujar de Andarax (Almería) and Úbeda (Jaén). Investigaciones De Historia Económica, 12(3), 144–153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihe.2015.08.001

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