This working paper examines gender-based legislation intended to protect working women and limit their work activities in manufacturing factories in Argentina from 1895-1935. The goal is to discuss the contradictions between gender-based legislation and female labor productivity. My research, thus...

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Main Author: Yovanna Pineda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editorial de la Universidad Nacional del Sur (Ediuns) 2012-08-01
Series:Estudios Económicos
Subjects:
gender-based legislation
female labor
manufacturing productivity
Online Access:https://ojs.uns.edu.ar/ee/article/view/768
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spelling doaj-81e11316f7be4a5aa5cd2a753c78be582021-02-02T19:26:19ZengEditorial de la Universidad Nacional del Sur (Ediuns)Estudios Económicos0425-368X2525-12952012-08-012958Yovanna Pineda0University of Central Florida This working paper examines gender-based legislation intended to protect working women and limit their work activities in manufacturing factories in Argentina from 1895-1935. The goal is to discuss the contradictions between gender-based legislation and female labor productivity. My research, thus far, shows that female labor was productive between 1895 and 1935 despite restrictive legislation limiting what women could do in the factory. Two implications include that labor legislation was either minimally or not enforced in factories. Second, female laborers, in particular those working in textile factories, focused on labor-intensive piece work that they completed at home and beyond the limits of protective legislation. https://ojs.uns.edu.ar/ee/article/view/768gender-based legislationfemale labormanufacturing productivity
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author Yovanna Pineda
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Estudios Económicos
gender-based legislation
female labor
manufacturing productivity
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publisher Editorial de la Universidad Nacional del Sur (Ediuns)
series Estudios Económicos
issn 0425-368X
2525-1295
publishDate 2012-08-01
description This working paper examines gender-based legislation intended to protect working women and limit their work activities in manufacturing factories in Argentina from 1895-1935. The goal is to discuss the contradictions between gender-based legislation and female labor productivity. My research, thus far, shows that female labor was productive between 1895 and 1935 despite restrictive legislation limiting what women could do in the factory. Two implications include that labor legislation was either minimally or not enforced in factories. Second, female laborers, in particular those working in textile factories, focused on labor-intensive piece work that they completed at home and beyond the limits of protective legislation.
topic gender-based legislation
female labor
manufacturing productivity
url https://ojs.uns.edu.ar/ee/article/view/768
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