Chapter 2 The Opt-Out Revolution: Recent Trends in Female Labor Supply

Heather Antecol

A chapter in Research in Labor Economics, 2011, pp 45-83 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: Using data from the U.S. Census in conjunction with data from the Current Population Survey (1980–2009), I find little support for the opt-out revolution – highly educated women, relative to their less-educated counterparts, are exiting the labor force to care for their families at higher rates today than in earlier time periods – if one focuses solely on the decision to work a positive number of hours irrespective of marital status or race. If one, however, focuses on both the decision to work a positive number of hours and the decision to adjust annual hours of work (conditional on working), I find some evidence of the opt-out revolution, particularly among white college educated married women in male-dominated occupations.

Keywords: Opting out; female labor supply; extensive/intensive margin; race/ethnicity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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