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The wages1833 data frame gives the wages of Lancashire cotton factory workers in 1833.

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This data frame contains the following columns:

age

age in years

mnum

number of male workers

mwage

average wage of male workers

fnum

number of female workers

fwage

average wage of female workers

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Source

Boot, H.M. 1995. How Skilled Were the Lancashire Cotton Factory Workers in 1833? Economic History Review 48: 283-303.

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