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| Titre : | Women make houses, women make homes (2017) |
| Auteurs : | Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel ; Melanie Khamis ; Mutlu Yuksel |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Labour economics (vol. 49, December 2017) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 145-161 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Thésaurus CEREQ FEMME ; EMPLOI DES FEMMES ; POLITIQUE DE L'EMPLOI ; ETUDE HISTORIQUE ; ALLEMAGNE |
| Résumé : | This paper examines the persistent effects of historical labor market institutions and policies on women's long-term labor market outcomes. We quantify these enduring effects by exploring quasi-experimental variation in Germany's post-World War II mandatory reconstruction policy, which compelled women to work in the rubble removal and reconstruction process. Using difference-in-differences and instrumental variable approaches, we find that mandatory employment during the postwar era generated persistent adverse effects on women's long-term labor market outcomes. An increase in marriage and fertility rates in the postwar era and a physical and mental exhaustion associated with manual labor are some of the direct and indirect channels potentially explaining our results. |
| Document Céreq : | Non |
| En ligne : | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537117302531 |
