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Blau, David M.; Goodstein, Ryan M. – Journal of Human Resources, 2010
After a long decline, the Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) of older men in the United States leveled off in the 1980s, and began to increase in the late 1990s. We examine how changes in Social Security rules affected these trends. We attribute only a small portion of the decline from the 1960s-80s to the increasing generosity of Social…
Descriptors: Labor Force Nonparticipants, Retirement, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
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Genadek, Katie R.; Stock, Wendy A.; Stoddard, Christiana – Journal of Human Resources, 2007
We use a difference-in-difference-in-difference estimator to compare changes in labor force participation, weeks, and hours of work associated with no-fault divorce laws, allowing for differential responses for married women with and without children. Although other research has found that the labor supply of women in general does not respond to…
Descriptors: Working Hours, Mothers, Labor Supply, Marital Status
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Bell, Duran – Journal of Human Resources, 1974
Descriptors: Blacks, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Females