According to studies by Goldin and Skoloff (1982) and Craig and Field-Hendry (1993), the female-to-male wage ratio in the early 1800s

a. was higher in the North than in the South.
b. is comparable to the ratio in 1860.
c. encouraged the adoption and success of the Waltham system.
d. was greater than one.

c. encouraged the adoption and success of the Waltham system.

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