Abstract

In the United States, women's labor force participation has been persistently below that of men's for decades. This Commentary describes three contributors to this divide -- the way in which the United States taxes opposite-sex married couples, how social security benefits are allocated, and the cost of childcare -- and reviews the economic literature quantifying their impact on the labor force participation of women.

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