STRUCTRAL CHANGE, DISCRIMINATION AND FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION

Marie Scheitor
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Marie Scheitor: University of Greifswald, Germany

Review of Socio - Economic Perspectives, 2017, vol. 2, issue 1, 139-159

Abstract: Economic development of industrialized economies is characterized by structural transition towards service economy and rising female employment, especially in the service sector. This paper highlights how macroeconomic mechanisms explain increasing female labor supply. While structural change generates rising participation of women in the labor market, statistical discrimination in female wages has the opposite effect. A multisector model of growth is constructed, which includes two economic sectors and a home production technology. Qualitative results of the model emphasize different sectoral productivity growth as driving force of female labor supply. Additionally, statistical discrimination of women in the labor market explains why

Keywords: : Female Labor Supply; Structural Change; Home Production; Statistical Discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 E24 H31 J22 O11 O41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19275/RSEP013

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