The study is divided into four parts.nIn section III factors influencing the demand for female labor services are examined. The analysis is based on the relation between the job characteristics of various occupations and the characteristics of women as active workers. On the basis of this discussion, a model is put forward for explaining sex composition of the female labor force by occupation. Since the occupational composition of the female labor force in an industry reflects the underlying technological processes of production, the analysis also helps explain sax composition within major industry groups. An examination of past denial census statistics reveals approximately the same sex patterns by industry (for the census dates 1870, 1900, and 1930) as revealed by the more detailed 1950 cross-section data, despite the fact that the share of females in the labor force has doubled since 1870.nIn section IV a procedure is adopted for testing this relation. Our investigation suggests that since 1900 the decline of agriculture and the growth of the tertiary sector of the economy have been important factors promoting the growth in the share of females in the labor force.
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