Assessing the “Engines of Liberation”: Home Appliances and Female Labor Force Participation
评估“解放的引擎”:家用电器与女性劳动参与
The secular rise in female labor force participation, highlighted in the recent macroeconomics literature on growth and structural change, has been associated with the declining price and wider availability of home appliances. This paper uses a new and unique country data set on the price of home appliances to test its impact on female labor supply. We assess the role of the price of appliances in raising participation by comparing it to other structural determinants such as…