, differences in levels of FLFP across the world related to historical contingencies are much more important determinants of women …'s employment opportunities than the muted U patterns found in some specifications. Given the large margins of error in … comparisons and allow for a direct test of the effect of structural change on women's economic activity. Our results suggest that …

that women's labor force participation rate is U-shaped over the course of development. We also analyze the behavior of the … relative education levels of men and women, the education levels of women in the labor force and outside of it, and the …

The pattern of joining the labor force only at an advanced stage of the life-cycle was widespread among American women … interrelation between women's lifetime labor supply choices and the dynamic macroeconomic environment. In our model women choose the …. As the economy grows, this lifetime labor profile vanishes and women either join the labor force either early in life or …

labor supply of women. This holds when different elasticities between men and women are taken as exogenous. We study GBT in … family. We explore the cases of superior bargaining power for men, higher men wages and higher women productivity in home … duties. In all cases, men commit to a career in the market and take less home duties than women. As a result, their market …

(married) women. This holds when different elasticities between men and women are taken as exogenous and primitive. But in this …

labor supply of women. This holds when different elasticities between men and women are taken as exogenous. We study GBT in … family. We explore the cases of superior bargaining power for men, higher men wages and higher women productivity in home … duties. In all cases, men commit to a career in the market and take less home duties than women. As a result, their market …