In what decades did US female labor force participation increase the most rapidly? What factors drove both the magnitude of this change as well as its timing? How did the measured wage gap changed over the same period of time in which the greatest change in female labor force participation? What do Goldin (and/or Gordon) believe has led to movements in the wage gap? What is the significance of this result [in terms of discrimination]? How has female labor participation changed in recent decades? What accounts for this final observation?

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  1. In what decades did US female labor force participation increase the most rapidly? What factors drove both the magnitude of this change as well as its timing? How did the measured wage gap changed over the same period of time in which the greatest change in female labor force participation? What do Goldin (and/or Gordon) believe has led to movements in the wage gap? What is the significance of this result [in terms of discrimination]? How has female labor participation changed in recent decades? What accounts for this final observation?

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