Gozen, Ruveyda, Hornbeck, Richard, Humlum, Anders and Rotemberg, Martin
2025.
Historical differences in female-owned manufacturing establishments: The United States, 1850--1880.
AEA Papers and Proceedings
115
, pp. 483-488.
10.1257/pandp.20251067
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Abstract
We characterize female-owned manufacturing establishments using digitized manuscripts from the US Census of Manufactures (1850, 1860, 1870, 1880). Female-owned establishments were smaller than male-owned establishments and had lower capital-to-output ratios, which could reflect more constrained financial access and other distortions. Female-owned establishments employed more women and paid women higher wages, creating a potential cycle between increased female business ownership and increased female labor market participation. Female-owned establishments concentrated in subindustries like women's clothing and millinery, which is associated with some but not all of these differences. We also show how female owners differed from other women in the Population Census.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Business (Including Economics) |
| Additional Information: | Copyright American Economic Association; reproduced with permission. |
| Publisher: | American Economic Association |
| ISSN: | 2574-0768 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 6 December 2024 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 3 September 2024 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Jun 2025 12:00 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/173756 |
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