@article {Hofmeester12, author = {Karin Hofmeester}, title = {The {\textquotedblleft}Global Collaboratory on the History of Labour Relations{\textquotedblright}}, volume = {50}, number = {1}, pages = {12--42}, year = {2022}, doi = {10.3368/aeh.50.1.12}, publisher = {African Economic History}, abstract = {Women{\textquoteright}s work is often invisible in official censuses and statistics. The {\textquotedblleft}Global Collaboratory on the History of Labour Relations{\textquotedblright} has developed a {\textquotedblleft}Taxonomy of Labour Relations{\textquotedblright} and a method to collect data on labor relations that comprises all kinds of work, including work for the household and homestead, the family firm or farm, and self-employment in the so-called informal sector. In this article, we explain this method and give an overview of the results of data so far collected in various parts of the world, offering a comparative context for the data on sub-Saharan Africa.}, issn = {0145-2258}, URL = {https://aeh.uwpress.org/content/50/1/12}, eprint = {https://aeh.uwpress.org/content/50/1/12.full.pdf}, journal = {African Economic History} }