Nature or nurture? Learning and the geography of female labor force participation

Econometrica

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1103-1138

  Fogli, Alessandra ^a   Veldkamp, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic geography; Female labor force participation; Information diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959912936     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA7767     Document Type: Article

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