The historical growth in the service sector since the Second World War has created jobs for which women have a comparative advantage, according to analysis by Rachel Ngai and Barbara Petrongolo. Their research shows how men?s working hours have mostly borne the burden of deindustrialisation. In contrast, women?s market hours have been boosted by structural transformation and marketisation

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1 October 2017     Paper Number CEPCP512

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This CentrePiece article is published under the centre's Labour programme.