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Women, War, and Wages: The Effect of Female Labor Supply on the Wage Structure at Midcentury

Acemoglu, Daron, Autor, David H., Lyle, David·2004·Journal of Political Economy
DOI 10.1086/383100
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We exploit the military mobilization for World War II to investigate the effects of female labor supply on the wage structure. The mobilization drew many women into the workforce permanently. But the impact was not uniform across states. In states with greater mobilization of men, women worked more after the war and in 1950, though not in 1940. These induced shifts in female labor supply lowered female and male wages and increased earnings inequality between high school– and college‐educated men. It appears that at midcentury, women were closer substitutes for high school men than for those with lower skills.

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Authors
Acemoglu, D., Autor, D. H., & Lyle, D.
Venue
Journal of Political Economy
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
2004-06
Volume
112
Issue
3
Pages
497-551
ISSN
  • 0022-3808 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-534X
DOI
10.1086/383100
OpenAlex
W3021931428
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579
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5
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15.80
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journal article
Language
en
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Acemoglu, D., Autor, D. H., & Lyle, D. (2004). Women, War, and Wages: The Effect of Female Labor Supply on the Wage Structure at Midcentury. Journal of Political Economy. https://doi.org/10.1086/383100

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