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- Title
Female labour force participation in the United Kingdom: evolving characteristics or changing behaviour?
- Authors
Gutiérrez-Domènech, Maria; Bell, Brian
- Abstract
This article presents information on the female labor force participation in Great Britain. It is opined that understanding the labor force participation trends in Great Britain is important for monetary policy. It is informed that two thirds of the growth in female participation over 1984-2002 was associated with changes in the socio-demographics of the female population, especially education and fertility. Most of the increase in female participation between 1984 and 2002 took place in 1984-92, when both characteristics and behavior contributed positively to participation growth. In the 1980s, changes in behavior contributed significantly to participation growth. The majority of the increase over the 1990s was driven by changes in the characteristics of the female population, whereas the slowdown in participation growth was mainly accounted for by a reversal of the behavioral effects.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; LABOR supply; WOMEN employees; MONETARY policy; EDUCATION; FERTILITY
- Publication
Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, 2004, Vol 44, Issue 3, p322
- ISSN
0005-5166
- Publication type
Article