Recent Evidence on Factors Influencing the Female Labor Force Participation Rate

This study seeks, using state-level data, to identify key factors that help to explain recent trends of labor force participation among women. Adult females are treated as attempting to maximize utility subject to a variety of budgetary and non-budgetary constraints. Among the findings obtained is a...

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Published in:Journal of labor research 2008-07, Vol.29 (3), p.272-284
Main Authors: Cebula, Richard J., Coombs, Christopher K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Earned income tax credit
Earnings
Employment
Families & family life
Family income
Female employees
Females
Gender
Gender differentiation
Gender roles
Immigration
Income taxes
Labor
Labor force
Labor market
Labor supply
Labour force
Labour relations
Noncitizens
Social Sciences
Social Services
Unemployment
United States
United States of America
Welfare
Women
Worker Participation
Workers
Working Mothers
Working Women
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Summary:This study seeks, using state-level data, to identify key factors that help to explain recent trends of labor force participation among women. Adult females are treated as attempting to maximize utility subject to a variety of budgetary and non-budgetary constraints. Among the findings obtained is a positive impact from the level of public assistance, i.e., the greater the extent of public assistance to adult females in the forms of Supplemental Security Income, Food Stamps, and so forth, the higher the female labor force participation rate (FLFPR). Other factors contributing to observed FLFPRs include age, the presence of young children, family income, educational attainment and disability status. In addition, we also find evidence that an increase in the proportion of the population that is non-native to the U.S. has a negative effect on the FLFPR.
ISSN:0195-3613
1936-4768
DOI:10.1007/s12122-007-9023-0