Collateral Damage? How World War One Changed the Way Women Work

Victor Gay () and Lionel Kesztenbaum
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Victor Gay: IAST - Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, TSE-R - Toulouse School of Economics - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement

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Abstract: Drawing on individual-level data from the 1911 and 1921 population censuses and census-linking techniques, we analyze the consequences of World War I in France on female labor force participation. Our results suggest that in municipalities that experienced greater military death rates, women were more likely to declare an occupation after the war than they did before the war. These effects are driven by women moving out of waged occupations outside the home (and inactivity) into farming activities.

Keywords: World War I; Female labor force participation; France (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-10-04
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