Women, war and wages: The effect of female labor supply on the wage structure at midcentury

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 497-551

  Acemoglu, Daron ^a,b   Autor, David H ^a,b   Lyle, David ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LABOR PARTICIPATION; WAGE DETERMINATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142683967     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/383100     Document Type: Article

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