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This 2.5-page paper compares the theory of Goldin and Sokoloff about the role of female and child labor during the early industrial period of the U.S., with The Habakkuk Thesis. The paper discusses why these two theories are different, and if there are any links between the two. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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however, there is no one reason for these questions. But in this paper, well compare the theories of Goldin and Sokoloff with The Habakkuk Thesis of manufacturing processes.
According to sociologists Claudia Goldin and Ken Sokoloff, New England manufacturers hired a great number of women and child laborers during the early industrial
revolution (Goldin and Sokoloff, 1982). One reason for this was because the labor offered by women and children was less expensive for
the times (Goldin and Sokoloff, 1982). Another reason was that at the time, manufacturing firms began adopting production techniques in large firms that favored unskilled labor - such as that
supplied by women and children (Goldin and Sokoloff, 1982). Furthermore, they were able to prove, through multivariate regression estimation, that this phenomenon was not just specific to textiles, but also
across the trades (Goldin and Sokoloff, 1982). In trying to answer the question as to why similar industrialization and use of women
and children wasnt seen in the south, the authors pointed to the fact that larger firms were, at the time, located closer to urban areas; although the authors also acknowledged
that the closer a firm was to a city, the smaller the opportunity for women and children (Goldin and Sokoloff, 1982). Still, when it was considered that the south still
embraced an agrarian culture throughout the 19th century, its not difficult to see the reasons why women and children would not necessarily be used in this setting.
When comparing the Habakkuk Thesis with Goldin and Sokoloffs investigation, we come up with some interesting information. In its most basic form, The Habakkuk Thesis
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