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Women's labour force participation in urban and rural manufactures and services in the United Kingdom, Castile and the Dutch Republic (17th and 18th centuries)
| 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. This paper presents and discusses the first results of original research on FLFP rates in urban and rural manufactures and
services in the United Kingdom, Castile and the Dutch Republic in the 17th and 18th
centuries.
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