Independent editorial on craft-based income research
Platform Notes covers how economic surveys count handmade work, what pricing studies measure, and where the data falls short.
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How Federal Surveys Classify Craft-Based Self-Employment
The Current Population Survey and the American Community Survey both count self-employed craft workers, but their definitions, reference periods, and sampling frames produce different numbers. A closer look at what each instrument captures and what it leaves out.
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What Time-Use Diaries Say About Hours in Home-Based Production
The American Time Use Survey asks respondents to log every activity in a 24-hour window. When researchers use those diaries to study home-based goods production, the estimates depend heavily on how "productive" time is defined.
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Unit Cost and Markup: What Researchers Find When They Study Handmade Pricing
A small body of academic work examines how craft producers set prices. The findings suggest that labor-time undervaluation is common, but the studies themselves face significant sample and generalizability constraints.
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