Employment+and+Unemployment

**Employment and unemployment**
The city of Paris had a population of roughly 650,000, many of them getting by without regular jobs. However,even the working women were lacked of economic rights and protections and many were concerned about the entrance of men into traditionally female occupations such as seamstress and embroiderer.They also feared that unless such employment was restricted to females, the “fairer sex” would have to look for less respectable jobs. In addition to this, although most people were getting jobs, the middle class people are the one who had hard time and had hard time with dealing with scarce food. It significantly decreased
 * Em****ployment before fren****ch revolution:**
 * Employment after french revolution:**

Alongside the unemployed textile workers were people who sold second-hand goods or worked at odd jobs such as carrying water. French peasants experience widespread unemployment in the 1780s due to a sharp decline in the nation's important textile industry.
 * Unemployment before french revolution:**
 * Unemployment after french revolution:**

**Job during the war:** Stone carver, grinder, miller, blacksmith, second-, tinsmith, landlord, laborer, silk spinners etc.

Farmers around Paris consumed over 80 percent of what they grew, so if a harvest fell by around 10 percent, which was common, people went hungry.
 * The reasons why:**

People suffered too with a decline in the 1780s in France's textile industry. The importation of British textiles, cheaper and of better quality than French textiles, created unemployment among France's spinners and weavers.

In July, 1788, a hailstorm destroyed crops. France had its worst harvest in forty years, and the winter of 1788-89 was severe. Getting no relief from their hunger, people rioted. The economy declined further. In Paris, construction workers were joining the ranks of the unemployed.

1. purchasing food also became very difficult 2. There was opposition of noble privilege 3. People also resented religious intolerance
 * Result of huge unemployment:**

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