abstract: 'This paper investigates the role of the rise in services in the

  narrowing of gender gaps in hours and wages in recent decades. We

  highlight the between-industry component of differential gender trends

  for the United States and propose a model economy with goods, services,

  and home production, in which women have a comparative advantage in

  producing services. The rise of services, driven by structural

  transformation and marketization of home production, raises women''s

  relative wages and market hours. Quantitatively, the model accounts for

  an important share of the observed trends in women''s hours and relative

  wages.'
affiliation: 'Ngai, LR (Corresponding Author), London Sch Econ, Ctr Macroecon, Houghton
  St, London WC2A 2AE, England.

  Ngai, LR (Corresponding Author), London Sch Econ, Ctr Econ Policy Res, Houghton
  St, London WC2A 2AE, England.

  Ngai, L. Rachel, London Sch Econ, Ctr Macroecon, Houghton St, London WC2A 2AE, England.

  Ngai, L. Rachel, London Sch Econ, Ctr Econ Policy Res, Houghton St, London WC2A
  2AE, England.

  Petrongolo, Barbara, Queen Mary Univ, Ctr Econ Performance LSE, Mile End Rd, London
  E1 4NS, England.

  Petrongolo, Barbara, Queen Mary Univ, Ctr Econ Policy Res, Mile End Rd, London E1
  4NS, England.'
author: Ngai, L. Rachel and Petrongolo, Barbara
author-email: 'l.ngai@lse.ac.uk

  b.petrongolo@qmul.ac.uk'
author_list:
- family: Ngai
  given: L. Rachel
- family: Petrongolo
  given: Barbara
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1257/mac.20150253
eissn: 1945-7715
files: []
issn: 1945-7707
journal: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-MACROECONOMICS
keywords-plus: 'LABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION; STRUCTURAL-CHANGE; MARKET OUTCOMES; HOME

  PRODUCTION; GROWTH; MODEL; EMPLOYMENT; DEMAND; SKILLS; WOMEN'
language: English
month: OCT
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '55'
pages: 1-44
papis_id: 3219449b3dcd2598cd9b72779ea401ac
ref: Ngai2017gendergaps
times-cited: '69'
title: Gender Gaps and the Rise of the Service Economy
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000411828400001
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '31'
volume: '9'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2017'