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We examine how women’s employment leads to household technology adoption in the context of mid-century United States. Using World War II factories and male casualty rates to instrument for female labor demand, we find that the rise in women’s labor force participation between 1940 and 1950...
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We examine how women’s employment leads to household technology adoption in the context of mid-century United States. Using World War II factories and male casualty rates to instrument for female labor demand, we find that the rise in women’s labor force participation between 1940 and 1950...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013311068