The Demographic Transition and the Sexual Division of Labor
提出一个理论，将女性劳动参与率上升和性别工资差距缩小视为人口转型（死亡率与生育率下降）的同一过程，并发现预期寿命延长对女性社会角色变化的新影响，辅以实证证据。
This paper presents a theory in which increases in female labor force participation and reductions in the gender-wage gap are generated as part of a single process of demographic transition, initially characterized by reductions in mortality and fertility. The paper suggests a relationship between gains in life expectancy and changes in the role of women in society that has not been identified before in the literature. Mortality reductions affect the incentives of individuals to invest in human capital and to have children, with implications for female labor force participation and the wage differential between men and women. The paper also presents some empirical evidence to support the predictions of the theory. (c) 2008 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.