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Nature or Nurture? Learning and the Geography of Female Labor Force Participation

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  • Laura Veldkamp

    (Stern School of Business, NYU)

  • Alessandra Fogli

    (University of Minnesota and Minneapolis FED)

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set to compare our calibrated model to the time-series and geographic patterns of participation.

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  • Laura Veldkamp & Alessandra Fogli, 2009. "Nature or Nurture? Learning and the Geography of Female Labor Force Participation," 2009 Meeting Papers 141, Society for Economic Dynamics.
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    • E2 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • N32 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-
    • R1 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics

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