I have a question: I have learned that it was quite common in labor professions in Germany that the women would receive her husband's wages directly, was in control of the household finances, and would only give her husband some "drinking money" so that he would not spend everything on alcohol. This was true for both in the mining regions in the Harz mountains centuries ago and for Siemens workers in Erlangen in the post-WWII era.
So I would like to know if there have been any studies on this subject (i.e. women receiving the wages of their husbands and being in charge of the household finances):
- How common was this in both Germany and in other countries?
- For which professions, social groups, etc. was this particularly common or uncommon?
- How did this change over time, and what were the triggers for these changes?