Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Executive summary -- Introduction: the household point of view -- Trends in human capital, family formation, norms, and female participation -- The regional trend: two paths to the labor market -- Determinants of the historical trends : hints of a "quiet revolution" -- Family formation and patterns of duration & transition across occupational states -- Gender differences in earnings -- A closer look at dynamics within the household -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Appendix: background papers -- Figures
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