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Title: The Plateau in US Women's Labor Force Participation: A Cohort Analysis

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Publication Year: 2014

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Abstract: After going up steadily for the last century, the female labor force participation (FLFP) rate in the United States suddenly leveled off in the early 1990s. Using March Current Population Survey data, I find that the FLFP stopped rising for birth cohorts from the 1950s on. My shift-share analyses show that both the plateau and the earlier upward trend in FLFP appeared within almost every category broken down by education, marital status, and child-rearing.

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Authors: Young Lee, Jin

Periodical (Full): Industrial Relations

Issue: 1

Volume: 53

Pages: 46-71

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Family and Marriage, Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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