This paper investigates the role of the rise of services in the narrowing of gender gaps in hours and wages in recent decades. We document the between-industry component of the rise in female work for the U.S., and propose a model economy with goods, services and home production, in which women...

It is believed that jobs in the service sector generally require more brain-related rather than labor-related skills compared to those in the industrial sector, thus females should have a comparative advantage in the service sector. Using the data from the 2017 China Household Finance Survey, we...