Essays Using Military-induced Variation to Study Social Interactions, Human Capital Development, and Labor Markets

Download or read book Essays Using Military-induced Variation to Study Social Interactions, Human Capital Development, and Labor Markets written by David Stephen Lyle and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Cont.) As men mobilized for war in the 1940s, women were drawn into the workforce. In states with greater mobilization rates, women worked more after the War and in 1950, although not in 1940. Estimates indicate that increases in female labor supply lower female and male wages, and generally increase the college premium and male wage inequality. Finally, at mid-century, women were closer substitutes to high school graduate and relatively low-skill males, but not to those with the lowest skills.