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Mercado de trabajo, género y especialización oleícola: Mallorca a mediados del siglo XVII

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  • Gabriel Jover-Avellà

    (Universitat de Girona)

  • Joana Maria Pujades-Mora

    (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

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Recently, an intense historiographical debate has developed concerning female participation in rural labour markets and its impact on the gender wage gap before 1800. The underlying hypothesis is that increased participation of women in the labour market should lead to a reduction in the wage gap and a parallel improvement in their life conditions. However, research results to date are inconclusive. This article aims to address some of these issues, using the island of Mallorca during the seventeenth century as a case study. Female participation in the labour market was more intense there than in other Mediterranean and Atlantic regions. In addition, the seasonality of labour demand on the island provoked more instances of collusion than complementarity with regard to agrarian tasks, in contrast with what happened in Atlantic regions. Finally, we also explain why higher rates of female occupation did not necessarily imply a significant reduction of the gender wage gap.

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  • Gabriel Jover-Avellà & Joana Maria Pujades-Mora, 2020. "Mercado de trabajo, género y especialización oleícola: Mallorca a mediados del siglo XVII," Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria, issue 80, pages 37-69, april.
    • Handle: RePEc:seh:journl:y:2020:i:80:m:april:p:37-69
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    Keywords

    agricultural labour markets; gender; daily-labourers; wage gap;
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    JEL classification:

    • J43 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Agricultural Labor Markets
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J82 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Labor Force Composition
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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