decades. First, employment has shifted from manufacturing to services. Second, the share of female employment in total … employment has risen sharply. This paper documents a novel fact linking these two trends: female employment shares within … female employment, and calibrate it to the U.S. economy. Quantitatively, we find that the rise in female employment accounts …

Job polarization was first identified in the US in the 1990s, when employment growth concentrated in the highest and … disaggregate job growth by sector, employment contract, and sociodemographic groups. I find that the pattern of job polarization …