Why Are More Women Working in Britain?
Why Are More Women Working in Britain?
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为什么越来越多的女性在英国工作？
DOI：
10.1086/298079
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发表时间：
1985
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
S. Owen
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作者：
H. Joshi;R. Layard;S. Owen
在英国，女性劳动力参与率从第二次世界大战到1977年稳步上升。为了解释这一点，我们估计了一个汇总的时间序列，横截面的供应功能的一年年龄组的妇女。生命周期的模式很好地解释了孩子的存在。在第二阶段，我们试图解释在第一阶段估计的队列拦截水平的上升。真实的工资增长可能是一个解释因素，因为横截面证据表明它应该是。最后，我们指出，20世纪70年代中期，《同工同酬法》使妇女的相对工资提高了15%。这并没有导致对女性员工的相对需求出现预期的下降。
In Britain, female labor force participation rose steadily from the Second World War to 1977. To explain this, we estimate a pooled time-series, cross-section supply function for single-year age groups of women. The life-cycle pattern is explained quite well by the presence of children. At a second stage we try to explain the rising level of the cohort intercepts estimated at the first stage. Real wage growth may be an explanatory factor, as cross-section evidence suggests it should be. Finally, we point to the 15% rise in the relative pay of women in the mid-1970s caused by the Equal Pay Act. This did not cause the expected decline in the relative demand for female employees.