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Title: The Female Labor Force and Long-run Development: The American Experience in Comparative Perspective

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: This paper provides additional evidence on the U-shaped relationship between the process of economic development and women's labor force participation. The experience of the United States is studied in a comparative perspective relative to a sample of rich economies observed over the period 1890-2005. The analysis confirms the existence of a U-shaped female labor supply function, coming from both crosscountry and within country variation. Further analysis of a large cross section of economies observed over the post-WWII period suggests that the timing of a country's transition to a modern path of economic development affects the shape of women's labor supply.

Url: http://www.nber.org/papers/w19131

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Authors: Olivetti, Claudia

Series Title: NBER Working Paper Series

Publication Number: 19131

Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research

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Publisher Location: Cambridge, MA

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

Countries: United States