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Title: Female Labor Force Participation in an Era of Organizational and Technological Change

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Publication Year: 2007

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Abstract: This paper examines the endogenous interaction between the rise in female labor force par-ticipation and changes in both the method and mode of production that occurred during theearly part of the 20th century. Within a dynamic general equilibrium framework, an exoge-nous expansion in the skill level of the population induces an organizational change at the rmlevel and a redirection of investment towards new technologies that complement the skills ofthe emerging workforce. In addition to allowing for a change in the method of production ina market with directed technical change, a framework is developed to explicitly examine thetransitional dynamics as skilled workers become relatively abundant. The rise in the skill levelexplains the rise in female labor force participation, the increase in women?s wages and thedecline of the clerical wage relative to manufacturing.

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Authors: Adshade, Marina

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Publication Number: 1130

Institution: Queens University

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Publisher Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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