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Family Stability and Labor Market Gender Convergence


Ola Honningdal Grytten


Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) - Department of Economics

Arngrim Hunnes


University of Agder - Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
May 11, 2009

NHH Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 4/2009

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The present paper examines the historical development in the structure of the family in terms of marriage, divorce, fertility and labor 1886-2007 in order to map quantitative changes. The paper draws new information from novel Norwegian data. Along with the changing family relations we also quantify the closing of the gender gap by converging trends for both labor participation rates and wages. The paper concludes that there is a clear correspondence between gender convergence in the labor market and less stable family relations.

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Date posted: February 20, 2010  

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Grytten, Ola Honningdal and Hunnes, Arngrim, Family Stability and Labor Market Gender Convergence (May 11, 2009). NHH Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 4/2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1554810 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1554810

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Ola Honningdal Grytten (Contact Author)
Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) - Department of Economics ( email )
Helleveien 30
N-5035 Bergen
Norway

Arngrim Hunnes
University of Agder - Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences ( email )
Norway
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47 38 14 10 27 (Fax)
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