The integration of women into fonnallabor markets was one of the most salient changes of the twentieth centnry. The "female century, " in the words of The Economist (1999), witnessed an extraordinary transformation of women's opportunities and outcomes both in and outside the household. My dissertation explores both the causes and consequences of women's moves from home to the labor market in the United States during three episodes of rapid change. It begins by documenting demand-side the 1940s that increased the earnings and changed occupational options of African-American women; then it demonstrates the impact of contraceptive technology on the extent and intensity of women's participation in the formal labor mark...
The last time the annual Economic Report of the President, prepared by the President’s Council of Ec...
Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60 % of their prime-age years eit...
The focus of this dissertation is the transition of American women\u27s economic positions during th...
The integration of women into formal labor markets was one of the most salient changes of the twenti...
The history of American women economists in the economics profession during the 20th century can be ...
This dissertation explores changing labor opportunities of white and black women in both the 1940's ...
It is sometimes hard to imagine that it has been less than 100 years since women in the United State...
The sharp rise in the number of women working outside the home is one of the most dramatic and impor...
Throughout the second half of the 20th century, women in the U.S. decided to move increasingly into ...
I n the United States and in other OECD countries of the twenty-first century,women are likely to be...
Includes a response by Jane Cooney. The sharp rise in the number of women working outside the home ...
The so-called feminization of poverty, raises a serious question: Why, during the decades of wome...
In this thesis I will examine chronologically the reasons behind the ever increasing influence of wo...
This dissertation consists of three chapters. The first two chapters revisit the link between electr...
: The great increase in married women's labor force participation rates was one of the most notable ...
The last time the annual Economic Report of the President, prepared by the President’s Council of Ec...
Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60 % of their prime-age years eit...
The focus of this dissertation is the transition of American women\u27s economic positions during th...
The integration of women into formal labor markets was one of the most salient changes of the twenti...
The history of American women economists in the economics profession during the 20th century can be ...
This dissertation explores changing labor opportunities of white and black women in both the 1940's ...
It is sometimes hard to imagine that it has been less than 100 years since women in the United State...
The sharp rise in the number of women working outside the home is one of the most dramatic and impor...
Throughout the second half of the 20th century, women in the U.S. decided to move increasingly into ...
I n the United States and in other OECD countries of the twenty-first century,women are likely to be...
Includes a response by Jane Cooney. The sharp rise in the number of women working outside the home ...
The so-called feminization of poverty, raises a serious question: Why, during the decades of wome...
In this thesis I will examine chronologically the reasons behind the ever increasing influence of wo...
This dissertation consists of three chapters. The first two chapters revisit the link between electr...
: The great increase in married women's labor force participation rates was one of the most notable ...
The last time the annual Economic Report of the President, prepared by the President’s Council of Ec...
Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60 % of their prime-age years eit...
The focus of this dissertation is the transition of American women\u27s economic positions during th...