The extreme seasonality of early modern casual labour and what it means for workers’ incomes: Sweden 1500-1830

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• Kathryn Gary, University of Lund
• Thursday 10 May 2018, 17:00-19:00
• History Faculty Room 12.

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Using observations of over 151,000 individuals’ workdays in the construction industry, this paper investigates individual work patterns, work availability, and the changes in work seasonality over time. The sample includes unskilled men and women as well as skilled craftsmen. Some are ‘full-time’, but even these do not work as many days as real wage models assume. Real wage methodology becomes more problematic the further into the past we look.

This talk is part of the Early Modern Economic and Social History Seminars series.

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