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

Claudia Olivetti

No 19131, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

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 cross-country 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.

JEL-codes: J22 N11 N12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-06
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Published as The Female Labor Force and Long-Run Development: The American Experience in Comparative Perspective , Claudia Olivetti. in Human Capital in History: The American Record , Boustan, Frydman, and Margo. 2014

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