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Book/Printed Material Preference formation and the rise of women's labor force participation Evidence from WWII

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Title

  • Preference formation and the rise of women's labor force participation Evidence from WWII

Summary

  • "This paper presents intergenerational evidence in favor of the hypothesis that a significant factor explaining the increase in female labor force participation over time was the growing presence of men who grew up with a different family model--one in which their mother worked. We use differences in mobilization rates of men across states during WWII as a source of exogenous variation in female labor supply. We show, in particular, that higher WWII male mobilization rates led to a higher fraction of women working not only for the generation directly affected by the war, but also for the next generation. These women were young enough to profit from the changed composition in the pool of men (i.e., from the fact that WWII created more men with mothers who worked). We also show that states in which the ratio of the average fertility of working relative to non-working women is greatest, have higher female labor supply twenty years later"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Names

  • Fernandez, Raquel, 1959-
  • Fogli, Alessandra
  • Olivetti, Claudia
  • National Bureau of Economic Research

Created / Published

  • Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2004.

Headings

  • -  Armed Forces--Mobilization
  • -  Labor supply--United States
  • -  Women--Employment--United States
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States

Notes

  • -  Title from PDF file as viewed on 1/27/2005.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Also available in print.
  • -  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  • -  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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  • HB1

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2005616346

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Chicago citation style:

Fernandez, Raquel, Alessandra Fogli, Claudia Olivetti, and National Bureau Of Economic Research. Preference formation and the rise of women's labor force participation Evidence from WWII. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005616346/.

APA citation style:

Fernandez, R., Fogli, A., Olivetti, C. & National Bureau Of Economic Research. (2004) Preference formation and the rise of women's labor force participation Evidence from WWII. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005616346/.

MLA citation style:

Fernandez, Raquel, et al. Preference formation and the rise of women's labor force participation Evidence from WWII. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2005616346/>.