Gender gaps and the rise of the service economy

Ngai, L. Rachel and Petrongolo, Barbara (2014) Gender gaps and the rise of the service economy. CFM discussion paper series, CFM-DP2014-4. Centre For Macroeconomics , London, UK.

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Abstract

This paper investigates the role of the rise of services in the narrowing of gender gaps in hours and wages in recent decades. We document the between-industry component of the rise in female work for the U.S., and propose a model economy with goods, services and home production, in which women have a comparative advantage in producing market and home services. The rise of services, driven by structural transformation and marketization of home production, acts as a gender-biased demand shift raising women's relative wages and market hours. Quantitatively, the model accounts for an important share of the observed trends.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	http://www.centreformacroeconomics.ac.uk/Home.aspx
Additional Information:	© 2014 The Authors
Library of Congress subject classification:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HG Finance H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Journal of Economic Literature Classification System:	E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment > E24 - Macroeconomics: Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution (includes wage indexation) J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J16 - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Time Allocation, Work Behavior, and Employment Determination and Creation; Human Capital; Retirement > J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Sets:	Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Centre for Macroeconomics
Identification Number:	CFM-DP2014-4
Funders:	ESRC (Grant RES-000-22-4114)
Date Deposited:	23 Jul 2014 09:07
URL:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/58152/

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