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Determinants Of Female Labor Force Participation In United States, Dongni Wan
Determinants Of Female Labor Force Participation In United States, Dongni Wan
Empirical Economic Bulletin, An Undergraduate Journal
This paper is trying to discover the determinants of female labor force participation in United States from the year 2000 to 2009. The study contains over 1 million observations through-out the 4 business cycles and the household data from Current Population Survey (CPS) suggested that female labor force participation in the United States was influenced by several factors, namely, educational attainment, family income, marital status, age, race, number of children in the household. Women with higher education level and from wealthier households have a greater tendency of joining the labor force while those with only high school or lower degree …