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The opt-out revolution: A descriptive analysis

Using data from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 US Census, I find little support for the opt-out revolution - highly educated women, relative to their less educated counterparts, are exiting the labor force to care for their families at higher rates today than in earlier time periods - if one focuses solely on the decision to work a positive number of hours irrespective of marital status or race. If one, however, focuses on both the decision to work a positive number of hours as well as the decision to adjust annual hours of work (conditional on working), I find some evidence of the opt-out revolution, particularly among white college educated married women in male dominated occupations.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5089

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Thema
opting out
female labor supply
extensive/intensive margin
race/ethnicity

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Antecol, Heather
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2010

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-201008116007
Letzte Aktualisierung
12.03.2025, 17:08 MEZ

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  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Antecol, Heather
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2010

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