Replication data for: Gender Gaps and the Rise of the Service Economy

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Summary: This paper investigates the role of the rise in services in the narrowing of gender gaps in hours and wages in recent decades. We highlight the between-industry component of differential gender trends for the United States and propose a model economy with goods, services, and home production, in which women have a comparative advantage in producing services. The rise of services, driven by structural transformation and marketization of home production, raises women's relative wages and market hours. Quantitatively, the model accounts for an important share of the observed trends in women's hours and relative wages.

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JEL Classification:
      J24 Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity
      J16 Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
      L80 General
      J21 Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
      J31 Wage Level and Structure • Wage Differentials
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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