Factory Discipline, Health and Externalities in the Reduction of Working Time in Nineteenth-Century France

Bénédicte Reynaud 1 Jérôme Bourdieu 2
1 PJSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
2 LEA - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée
Abstract : The role played by health considerations in the reduction of working time in nineteenth century France has been largely overlooked. This paper sets out to demonstrate their importance. Section 2 documents health deterioration in the workplace. Section 3 argues that the worsening of living conditions is a negative externality suffered by workers. It arises out of 'factory discipline' and inter-firm competition. Section 4 highlights one of the necessary conditions for any reduction in this externality: the recognition by both employers and workers of the long-term health effects of the prevailing working conditions. Physicians played a decisive role in this change. Section 5 concludes.
Keywords : Time allocation and labour supply Industrial health Externalities
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Socio-Economic Review, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2006, 4 (1), pp.93-118. 〈10.1093/SER/mwj033〉
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Bénédicte Reynaud, Jérôme Bourdieu. Factory Discipline, Health and Externalities in the Reduction of Working Time in Nineteenth-Century France. Socio-Economic Review, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2006, 4 (1), pp.93-118. 〈10.1093/SER/mwj033〉. 〈halshs-00754178〉

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