Unpaid family labor and self-employment: Two multi-sector models of capitalist reproduction and endogenous cycles

John Cajas Guijarro

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Abstract: This paper presents two sectoral models of endogenous cycles that illustrate the relevance of unpaid family labor and self-employment for capitalist extended reproduction. In Model A, Sector 1 produces capital goods, Sector 2 produces consumption goods, and Sector 3 includes unpaid family labor producing consumption goods to improve working-class subsistence. In addition, Model B includes Sector 4 of self-employed who produce consumption goods and accumulate capital. The paper analytically proves that unpaid labor contributes to the stability of capitalist cycles, and it illustrates how self-employment may improve working-class living standards during the upper stage of these cycles.

Keywords: unpaid family labor; self-employment; sectoral models of extended reproduction; endogenous cycles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B51 C63 O41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-11-16
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