Search Results - subject:"Female Labor Force Participation"

Berger, Thor; Karadja, Mounir; Prawitz, Erik - 2025

We document that large cities were instrumental in shaping women's work and family outcomes in the early 20th century. We focus on migrants to Stockholm, Sweden's largest city, using representative, linked census data. Female migrants to Stockholm saw persistent changes in work and family...

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Cities and the rise of working women

Berger, Thor; Karadja, Mounir; Prawitz, Erik - 2025

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Guaranteed Employment in Rural India: Intra-Household Labor and Resource Allocation Consequences

García, Jorge Luis - 2025

30% of a recent countrywide decrease in rural female labor force participation. Though it increases household consumption …

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Guaranteed employment in rural India : intra-household labor and resource allocation consequences

García, Jorge Luis - 2025

30% of a recent countrywide decrease in rural female labor force participation. Though it increases household consumption …

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Gender norms and female labor supply : evidence from export shocks in Vietnam

Quynh Huynh; Ku, Hyejin - 2025

We examine the relationship between economic development and female labor force participation, with a focus on the …

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Women's Mobility and Labor Supply: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan

Garlick, Robert; Field, Erica; Vyborny, Kate - 2025

We study whether commuting barriers constrain women's labor supply in urban Pakistan. We randomize offers of gender-segregated or mixed-gender commuting services at varying prices. Women-only transport more than doubles job application rates, while mixed-gender transport has minimal effects on...

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Women's mobility and labor supply : experimental evidence from Pakistan

Garlick, Robert; Field, Erica Marie; Vyborny, Kate - 2025

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Gender Inequality in the Labor Market: Continuing Progress?

Blau, Francine D. - 2024

increasing female labor force participation and narrowing gender inequities in the labor market. … prior to the 1990s followed by a slowing or stalling of gains thereafter, with a plateauing of female labor force … participation trends and a slowing of women's occupational and wage convergence with men. She considers the likelihood of a …

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Children living with disabilities and mother's labor supply in developing countries: Evidence from Argentina

Carella, Laura; Velázquez, Cecilia; Porto, Natalia; … - 2024

A child's disability increases childcare demands causing two opposing effects on the mother's labor supply: while some types of disability require additional time spent reducing labor supply, othersrequire additional expenses increasing labor supply. This paper studies the effect of a child's...

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The Economic Consequences of Being Widowed by War: A Life-Cycle Perspective

Braun, Sebastian Till; Stuhler, Jan - 2024

Despite millions of war widows worldwide, little is known about the economic consequences of being widowed by war. We use life history data from West Germany to show that war widowhood increased women's employment immediately after World War II but led to lower employment rates later in life....

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