Shocking Labor Supply: A Reassessment of the Role of World War II on Women's Labor Supply
研究二战对美国已婚白人女性劳动力供给的短期和长期影响，发现动员率高的州中，受教育程度较高的女性在1950和1960年工作周数和劳动参与率显著增加。
The most prominent feature of the female labor force across the past hundred years is its enormous growth. But many believe that the increase was discontinuous. Our purpose is to identify the short- and long-run impacts of WWII on the labor supply of women who were currently married in 1950 and 1960. Using WWII mobilization rates by state, we find a wartime impact on weeks worked and the labor force participation of married white (non-farm) women in both 1950 and 1960. The impact, moreover, was experienced almost entirely by women in the top half of the education distribution.