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Intra-household labor allocation in colonial Nigeria
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Arthi, Vellore and Fenske, James (2016) Intra-household labor allocation in colonial Nigeria. Explorations in Economic History, 60 . pp. 69-92. doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2015.11.003 ISSN 0014-4983.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2015.11.003
Abstract
We use a year-long panel of time-use data from colonial Nigeria to show that labor complementarities and strategic concerns shaped the time-use decisions of African households. Using quantitative and ethnographic approaches, we show that health shocks imposed time costs that followed the gender division of labor. The labor of others did not automatically compensate for this. Whether individuals could respond by recruiting substitutes depended on social standing, urgency of work, and type of illness. Labor was coordinated between spouses. Child labor was coordinated with parental work, aided child care, and allowed children to build skills and resources.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Households -- Economic aspects -- Nigeria -- 1900-1960 , Child labor -- Economic aspects -- Nigeria -- 1900-1960 | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Explorations in Economic History | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0014-4983 | ||||||||
Official Date: | April 2016 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 60 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 69-92 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.eeh.2015.11.003 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 January 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 January 2018 |
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