TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Antecol, Heather
        TI  - The Opt-Out Revolution: A Descriptive Analysis
        PY  - 2010/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5089
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5089
        AB  - Using data from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 U.S. Census, I find little support for the opt-out revolution – highly educated women, relative to their less educated counterparts, are exiting the labor force to care for their families at higher rates today than in earlier time periods – if one focuses solely on the decision to work a positive number of hours irrespective of marital status or race. If one, however, focuses on both the decision to work a positive number of hours as well as the decision to adjust annual hours of work (conditional on working), I find some evidence of the opt-out revolution, particularly among white college educated married women in male dominated occupations.
        KW  - female labor supply
KW  - extensive/intensive margin
KW  - opting out
KW  - race/ethnicity
        ER  -