Affiliation:
1. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Abstract
In the United States, women's labor force participation has been persistently below that of men's for decades. This Commentary describes three contributors to this divide -- the way in which the United States taxes opposite-sex married couples, how social security benefits are allocated, and the cost of childcare -- and reviews the economic literature quantifying their impact on the labor force participation of women.
Publisher
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
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