| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP6323 |
| DP6323 If Winning Isn't Everything, Why Do They Keep Score? A Structural Empirical Analysis of Dutch Flower Auctions | |
| Gerard Van den Berg; Bas van der Klaauw | |
| 发表日期 | 2007-06-23 |
| 出版年 | 2007 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60% of their prime-age years either pregnant or nursing. Since then, the introduction of infant formula reduced women's comparative advantage in infant care, by providing an effective breast milk substitute. In addition, improved medical knowledge and obstetric practices reduced the time cost associated with women's reproductive role. We explore the hypothesis that these developments enabled married women to increase their participation in the labour force, thus providing the incentive to invest in market skills, which in turn reduced their earnings differential with respect to men. We document these changes and develop a quantitative model that aims to capture their impact. Our results suggest that progress in medical technologies related to motherhood was essential to generate a significant rise in the participation of married women between 1920 and 1950, in particular those with young children. |
| 主题 | International Macroeconomics ; Labour Economics |
| 关键词 | Female labour force participation Medical progress Gender earnings gap |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp6323 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/535192 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Gerard Van den Berg,Bas van der Klaauw. DP6323 If Winning Isn't Everything, Why Do They Keep Score? A Structural Empirical Analysis of Dutch Flower Auctions. 2007. |
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