Career and Marriage in the Age of the Pill.

Autor/inn/en	Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence F.
Titel	Career and Marriage in the Age of the Pill. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Karriere und Heirat im Zeitalter der Pille.
Quelle	In: AEA papers and proceedings, 90 (2000) 2, S. 461-465 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2574-0776
DOI	10.1257/aer.90.2.461
Schlagwörter	Lebensalter; Familienplanung; Frau; Geschichte (Histor); Medizin; Schwangerschaft; Auswirkung; Einflussfaktor; Prävention; Regionaler Vergleich; Regulation; Hochschulabsolvent; Allein stehende Frau; USA
Abstract	"Genuine change in the economic and social status of U.S. women did not emanate simply from their increased labor-force participation, but rather, from their increase in professions and as "career women." Those changes first began in the late 1960's and early 1970's. We examine here one factor of momentous importance in this break with the past. The Economist (31 December 1999) recently named it the greatest science and technology advance in the twentieth century. It is the oral contraceptive, known worldwide by its moniker "the pill." Our argument for the importance of the pill in affecting women's career decisions relies on the correspondence among breaks in various time series and in the logic of the relationships among the pill, career, and marriage. We will begin with the time series on career and marriage, which can be viewed as the dependent variables. The evidence on the diffusion of the pill (the independent variable) is taken up next. The logic of our argument relating pill use, career, and marriage follows, and finally we present our defense for why we believe the pill packed considerable power in altering the social and economic status of American women." (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2024/1