Joshi, HE;
Layard, R;
Owen, SJ;
(1985)
Why Are More Women Working in Britain?
The Journal of Labor Economics
, 3
(1/2)
S147-S176.
10.1086/298079.
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Abstract
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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Why Are More Women Working in Britain? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1086/298079 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1086/298079 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10146117 |
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