Understanding the rising trend in female labour force participation
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چکیده
Female labour force participation has increased tremendously since World War II in developed countries. Prior research provides piecemeal evidence identifying some drivers of change but largely fails to present a consistent story. Using rare combination data and modelling capacity available Australia, we develop new decomposition approach explain rising female the mid-1990s. The allows us identify role tax transfer policy reforms as well three other factors that have been shown matter by earlier studies. These are (i) changes real wages, (ii) population composition changes, (iii) supply preference parameters. For first time, all these identified through single framework. A key result is –despite ongoing emphasis public on improved work incentives for women Australia elsewhere– financial due contributed relatively little achieve large increases participation. Instead, drive This article protected copyright. All rights reserved
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Fiscal Studies
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0143-5671', '1475-5890']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-5890.12313