Sunday, 3 December 2017

How the rise of the service economy narrowed the gender gap

In brief from CentrePiece Autumn 2017

The historical growth in the service sector has created jobs for which women have a comparative advantage, according to analysis by Rachel Ngai and Barbara Petrongolo.

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This article summarises ‘Gender Gaps and the Rise of the Service Economy’ by Rachel Ngai and Barbara Petrongolo, published in the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 9(4): 1-44 in October 2017 (earlier version available as CEP Discussion Paper No. 1204: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp1204.pdf).


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