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Title: The Opt-Out Revolution: A Descriptive Analysis
Citation Type: Working Paper
Publication Year: 2010
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Abstract: Using data from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 U.S. Census, I find little support for the opt-out revolution – highly educated women, relative to their less educated counterparts, are exiting the labor force to care for their families at higher rates today than in earlier time periods – if one focuses solely on the decision to work a positive number of hours irrespective of marital status or race. If one, however, focuses on both the decision to work a positive number of hours as well as the decision to adjust annual hours of work (conditional on working), I find some evidence of the opt-out revolution, particularly among white college educated married women in male dominated occupations.
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Authors: Antecol, Heather
Series Title: IZA Discussion Paper Series
Publication Number: 5089
Institution: Claremont McKenna College and IZA
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Publisher Location: Bonn Germany
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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