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Seasonal Patterns of Agricultural Day-Labour at Eight English Farms, 1835–1844

In: Seven Centuries of Unreal Wages

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  • Joyce Burnette

    (Wabash College)

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Burnette examines the seasonality of employment and wages for day-labourers at eight farms throughout England in the period 1835–1844. She measures the number of days worked by men, boys and female workers each week of the year. Most employment peaks occurred either at the hay-harvest or at the corn harvest, and peak employment was anywhere from 40 to 190 per cent more than average employment. Some farms used migrant labour for harvest, some used the labour of women and children and some relied on local men. Male wages were highly seasonal in Norfolk, rising 83 per cent during harvest, but were less seasonal elsewhere. At some farms, wages changed little during harvest. Changes in wages were not strongly correlated with changes in employment.

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  • Joyce Burnette, 2018. "Seasonal Patterns of Agricultural Day-Labour at Eight English Farms, 1835–1844," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: John Hatcher & Judy Z. Stephenson (ed.), Seven Centuries of Unreal Wages, chapter 8, pages 195-225, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-319-96962-6_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96962-6_8
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    1. Judy Z. Stephenson, 2020. "Working days in a London construction team in the eighteenth century: evidence from St Paul's Cathedral," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 73(2), pages 409-430, May.
    2. Joyce Burnette, 2021. "Missing work: absenteeism at Pepperell Manufacturing Co. in 1883," Cliometrica, Springer;Cliometric Society (Association Francaise de Cliométrie), vol. 15(3), pages 755-786, September.

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