Work time and market integration in the original affluent society.
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SUBMITTER: Bhui R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6825281 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
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Work time and market integration in the original affluent society.
Bhui Rahul R Chudek Maciej M Henrich Joseph J
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20191014 44
Does integration into commercial markets lead people to work longer hours? Does this mean that people in more subsistence-oriented societies work less compared to those in more market-integrated societies? Despite their venerable status in both anthropology and economic history, these questions have been difficult to address due to a dearth of appropriate data. Here, we tackle the issue by combining high-quality time allocation datasets from 8 small-scale populations around the world (45,019 obs ...[more]
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