Child labour and health during the industrialization in Western Europe with special reference to Prussia

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Child labour and health during the industrialization in Western Europe with special reference to Prussia / Jörg Peter Vögele, Grażyna Liczbińska. W: Studia Historiae Oeconomicae. Vol. 41, [z.] 2 (2023), s. 63-78.

Autor

Liczbińska Grażyna Autor Vögele Jörg (1956- ) Autor

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Artykuły Publikacje naukowe E-booki

Temat

Industrializacja Praca osób niepełnoletnich Ryzyko zdrowotne Zdrowie publiczne Europa Zachodnia Prusy (kraina historyczna)

Gatunek

Artykuł problemowy Artykuł z czasopisma ekonomicznego Artykuł z czasopisma naukowego Dane statystyczne

Dziedzina i ujęcie

Historia Gospodarka, ekonomia, finanse Medycyna i zdrowie

Okres

d1831 d1911

Dokument nadrzędny: Studia Historiae Oeconomicae. Vol. 41, [z.] 2 (2023), Child Labour / [Editor Tadeusz Janicki] ; Adam Mickiewicz University.

Lata 1831-1911.

Child labour is a controversial issue both in presentday as well as in past soci-eties. in historical perspective, studies focus on the factory labour of children during the industrialization process. On the one hand, its contribution to the family income is men-tioned as a potential positive effect on the living standard of the whole family, on the other hand reference is made to the permanent health risks for children working in the factories. Using qualitative sources, there were contemporary testimonies supporting both views. The present paper, thererfore, uses a rather quantitive approach referring to the number of working days lost due to illness, anthropometric indicators such a height and weight, the results of draft examinations as well as mortality differences and cause-of-death rates from “accidents” in urban and rural areas during the nineteenth century. Available data do not provide clear evidence of direct harmful effects of child labour; many indications point to a neutral or even positive effect.

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Lata 1831-1911.