The Rise in Women’s Labor-Force Participation in Mexico—Supply vs. Demand Factors
研究了1960-2015年墨西哥女性劳动参与率上升的原因，发现教育和生育率下降等供给因素以及职业结构变化等需求因素共同解释了大部分增长，但1990年代的激增仍有未解释部分。
Abstract This study estimates the relative importance of alternative supply and demand mechanisms in explaining the rise of female labor-force participation (FLFP) over the last 55 years in Mexico. The growth of FLFP in Mexico between 1960 and 2015 followed an S-shaped, with a considerable acceleration during the 1990s. Using descriptive decomposition methods and a shift-share design, the study shows that, put together, supply and demand factors can account for most of the rise of FLFP over the entire period, led by increases in women’s education, declining fertility, and shifts in the occupational structure of the workforce. However, there is unexplained variation in the 1990s, when FLFP spiked.