Shocking Labor Supply: A Reassessment of the Role of World War II on U.S. Women's Labor Supply

Claudia Goldin, Claudia Olivetti

NBER Working Paper No. 18676
Issued in January 2013

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To be presented at the 2013 American Economic Association Annual Meetings in San Diego, CA in the session “Work on Women’s Work is Never Done,” Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, 10:15AM. Discussant is Dora Costa. We thank Larry Katz and participants of an informal workshop at the NBER during the summer 2012 for helpful comments and suggestions. Shuheng Lin and Chenzi Xu provided extraordinary research assistance. Funding was provided by general university research support. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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