Replication data for: Shocking Labor Supply: A Reassessment of the Role of World War II on Women's Labor Supply

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Claudia Goldin; Claudia Olivetti

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Project Citation:

Goldin, Claudia, and Olivetti, Claudia. Replication data for: Shocking Labor Supply: A Reassessment of the Role of World War II on Women’s Labor Supply. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112621V1

Project Description

Summary: The most prominent feature of the female labor force across the past hundred years is its enormous growth. But many believe that the increase was discontinuous. Our purpose is to identify the short- and long-run impacts of WWII on the labor supply of women who were currently married in 1950 and 1960. Using WWII mobilization rates by state, we find a wartime impact on weeks worked and the labor force participation of married white (non-farm) women in both 1950 and 1960. The impact, moreover, was experienced almost entirely by women in the top half of the education distribution.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
      N32 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: U.S.; Canada: 1913-
      N42 Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: U.S.; Canada: 1913-

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