World War II and Female Labor Force Participation Rates
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Economic History
- Vol. 40 (1) , 89-95
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700104577
Abstract
Between the years 1940 and 1947 the demand for female labor in the United States shifted rapidly. Wages for women rose swiftly during the war, then fell suddenly when industries converted to peacetime production. This paper makes use of household production theory to explore the behavior of different segments of the female labor force as they responded to the radical changes in demand brought by World War II. The analysis suggests that a crucial turning point in the efforts to hire women was reached in the second half of 1943.Keywords
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