Can Economic Pressure Overcome Social Norms? The Case of Female Labor Force Participation
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- Cardoso, Ana Rute & Morin, Louis-Philippe, 2018. "Can Economic Pressure Overcome Social Norms? The Case of Female Labor Force Participation," IZA Discussion Papers 11822, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
Labor demand; labor force participation; gender segregation; pay gap;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- N34 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: 1913-
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2018-09-24 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-EUR-2018-09-24 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-GEN-2018-09-24 (Gender)
- NEP-HIS-2018-09-24 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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