The modern economic role of women emerged in four phases. The first three were evolutionary; the last was revolutionary … women's choices distinguish the evolutionary from the revolutionary phases: horizon, identity, and decision-making. The … time-series evidence on women's more predictable attachment to the workplace, greater identity with career, and better …

The modern economic role of women emerged in four phases. The first three were evolutionary; the last was revolutionary … women's choices distinguish the evolutionary from the revolutionary phases: horizon, identity, and decision-making. The … time-series evidence on women's more predictable attachment to the workplace, greater identity with career, and better …

Women are currently the majority of U.S. college students and of those receiving a bachelor%u2019s degree, but were 39 … understand the narrowing of the gender gap in college and its reversal. From 1972 to 1992 high school girls narrowed the gap with … determinants, can account for 30 to 60 percent of the relative increase in women%u2019s college completion rate. Behind these …

Women are currently the majority of U.S. college students and of those receiving a bachelor's degree, but were 39 … understand the narrowing of the gender gap in college and its reversal. From 1972 to 1992 high school girls narrowed the gap with … determinants, can account for 30 to 60 percent of the relative increase in women's college completion rate. Behind these changes …

Single women in the U.S. dominated the female labor force from 1870 to 1920. Data on the home life and working … conditions of women in 1888 and 1907 enable the estimation of earnings functions. Work in the manufacturing sector for these … women was task oriented and payment was frequently by the piece. Earnings rose steeply with experience and peaked early …

Introduction / Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz -- Transitions over the lifecycle. Women working longer: facts and … some explanations / Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz -- The return to work and women's employment decisions / Nicole … Maestas -- Understanding why black women are not working longer / Joanna N. Lahey -- Family matters: caregiving, marriage, and …