CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONS OF THE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN MARRIED TO UNEMPLOYED MEN

This paper estimates a cross-sectional model of married women's labour force participation for five countries: Britain, Denmark, the USA, Sweden, and Ireland, using data from the 1980s. The model includes a linearised budget constraint and an instrumented wage variable. Dummy variables were ent...

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Published in:Oxford economic papers 1995-10, Vol.47 (4), p.611-635
Main Authors: DEX, SHIRLEY, GUSTAFSSON, SIV, SMITH, NINA, CALLAN, TIM
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Cross cultural studies
Demographic aspects
Denmark
Economic aspects
Economic models
Economic theory
Employment
Female employees
Husbands
Income taxes
Ireland
Labor force
Labor supply
Labour force
Married women
Men
Public assistance programs
Social security
Studies
Sweden
U.S.A
Unemployed
Unemployment
Unemployment insurance
United Kingdom
Wages
Wives
Women
Women workers
Workforce
Working women
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Demographic aspects
Denmark
Economic aspects
Economic models
Economic theory
Employment
Female employees
Husbands
Income taxes
Ireland
Labor force
Labor supply
Labour force
Married women
Men
Public assistance programs
Social security
Studies
Sweden
U.S.A
Unemployed
Unemployment
Unemployment insurance
United Kingdom
Wages
Wives
Women
Women workers
Workforce
Working women
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