The U. H.

Mnoa History Department and The Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society present

Sons, Daughters and Labor Supply in Early Twentieth-Century Hawaii

A Public Lecture By Prof. Sumner J. La Croix Department of Economics University of Hawaii at Mnoa Thursday, April 10th 12:00 2:00 in Sakamaki Hall A201 History Department Library University of Hawaii at Mnoa Free and Open to the Public Prof. La Croix will explore how immigration to Hawaii between 1864 and 1928 transformed its ethnic structure and population size. With Prof. Tim Halliday, U H Mnoa Economics Department, Sumner investigates whether high Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and White sex ratios allowed women to negotiate better marriage terms and to allocate more household resources to daughters. Using the 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 Territorial Censuses, the two scholars make suggestions about how those trends affected mothers participation in the local labor market.
For information, please contact Prof. Peter Hoffenberg at 956-8497 or peterh@hawaii.edu