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WHY DID CHANGE TAKE SO LONG? Notes from Claudia Goldin’s chapter
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Why Did Change Take so Long? INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS Marriage bars Hours of work ROLE OF SOCIAL NORMS “appropriate” occupations for women THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND EMPLOYMENT POLICIES DISCRIMINATION
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MARRIAGE BARS See Table 6.1 What occupations were covered? What occupations were NOT covered? NOTE: Some firms would retain single women when they married. WHY?
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MARRIAGE BARS Also, FEDERAL ORDER 213 Also, STATE LAWS HOW/WHY COULD THEY EXIST? Long run effects? WHAT led to their decline in the 1950’s? SEE TABLE 6.4
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HOURS OF WORK Length of work week Length of work day Non-existence of part-time work SEE TABLE 6.5
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