Women's Lifetime Labor Supply and Labor Market Experience*

We analyze the interrelation between women's lifetime labor supply choices and the dynamic macroeconomic environment. The analysis shows that joining the labor force late in life is chosen by women only in early stages of the growth process when wages are sufficiently low and growing sufficiently rapidly. Later, as the economy grows, this labor profile vanishes and women choose to join the labor force either early in life or not at all, depending on how skilled they are