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

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.

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