Add to ORKGUntil the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60 % of their prime-age years either pregnant or nursing. Since then, the introduction of infant formula reduced womens comparative advantage in infant care, by providing an e¤ective breast milk substi-tute. In addition, improved medical knowledge and obstetric practices reduced the time cost associated with womens reproductive role. Our hypothesis is that these developments enabled married women to increase their participation in the labor force, thus providing the incentive to invest in market skills, which in turn reduced their earnings di¤erential with respect to men. We document these changes and develop a quantitative model that aims to capture their impact. Our result...
This book deals with women and socioeconomic change in twentieth century Sweden. The main focus is o...
This paper studies the quantitative effects of changes in fertility patterns and rel-ative wages, on...
relationships between sex role attitudes and the childbearing and labor force participation of women...
Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60 % of their prime-age years eit...
Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60 % of their prime-age years eit...
Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60% of their prime-age years eith...
JEL No. J13,J16,J2,J22,N3,O3 Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60 %...
The entry of married women into the labor force is one of the most notable economic phenom-ena of th...
Over the twentieth century, the allocation of womens' time changed dramatically. This paper explores...
Over the twentieth century, the amount of time that married women devoted to working in the market i...
Between the latter nineteenth century and the 1930s there was a dramatic revolution in Ameri-can fam...
Home production has changed dramatically during the course of the 20th century: Labor sav-ing techno...
argued that married women could not enter the labor force in large numbers until housework had becom...
By investigating changes in the association between women’s socioeconomic status, labor market activ...
We study the large observed changes in labor supply by married women in the United States over the p...
This book deals with women and socioeconomic change in twentieth century Sweden. The main focus is o...
This paper studies the quantitative effects of changes in fertility patterns and rel-ative wages, on...
relationships between sex role attitudes and the childbearing and labor force participation of women...
Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60 % of their prime-age years eit...
Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60 % of their prime-age years eit...
Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60% of their prime-age years eith...
JEL No. J13,J16,J2,J22,N3,O3 Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60 %...
The entry of married women into the labor force is one of the most notable economic phenom-ena of th...
Over the twentieth century, the allocation of womens' time changed dramatically. This paper explores...
Over the twentieth century, the amount of time that married women devoted to working in the market i...
Between the latter nineteenth century and the 1930s there was a dramatic revolution in Ameri-can fam...
Home production has changed dramatically during the course of the 20th century: Labor sav-ing techno...
argued that married women could not enter the labor force in large numbers until housework had becom...
By investigating changes in the association between women’s socioeconomic status, labor market activ...
We study the large observed changes in labor supply by married women in the United States over the p...
This book deals with women and socioeconomic change in twentieth century Sweden. The main focus is o...
This paper studies the quantitative effects of changes in fertility patterns and rel-ative wages, on...
relationships between sex role attitudes and the childbearing and labor force participation of women...