Black-White Differences in Married Female Labor Supply: Estimates from the Houghteling Data of 1925

Colin Linsley and David Pate
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Colin Linsley: Saint John Fisher College
David Pate: Saint John Fisher College

Eastern Economic Journal, 1994, vol. 20, issue 1, 85-96

Abstract: This article examines differences in the labor force participation rates of black and white married women using a micro-level data set describing low-income Chicago families in 1925. The higher participation rate of black women in the sample is explained in part by higher annual earnings of white husbands and by significant racial differences in responses to family characteristics.

Keywords: Female; Labor Supply; Participation; Racial; Women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J22 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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