The fraction of U.S. college graduate women entering professional programs increased substantially just after 1970, and the age at first marriage among all U.S. college graduate women began to soar around the same year. We explore the relationship between these two changes and the diffusion of...

The causes and consequences of state maximum-hours legislation for female workers, passed from 1848 to the 1920s, are found to differ from a recent interpretation. Altho ugh maximum-hours legislation served to reduce scheduled hours in 192 0, the impact was minimal. Curiously, the legislation...