@Roantree2018

The rise and rise of women’s employment in the UK

(2018) - Barra Roantree, Kartik Vira

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Link:: http://default/publications/rise-and-rise-womens-employment-uk
DOI:: 10.1920/BN.IFS.2019.BN0234
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Tags:: #paper #NCDS #Gender #LabourMarket
Cite Key:: [@Roantree2018]

Abstract

Over the past 40 years, the UK has seen an almost continual rise in the proportion of women in employment. The employment rate among women of ‘prime working age’ (aged 25-54) is up from 57% in 1975 to a record high of 78% in 2017.

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