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- Table 2: Female labor force participation and economic development Sixteen developed economies, 1890-2005 Female Male (1) (2) (3) (4) Log GDP per capita-1.178*** -1.030** -0.846* -0.192 (0.251) (0.388) (0.460) (0.478) Log GDP per capita squared 0.072*** 0.064** 0.053* 0.013 (0.014) (0.023) (0.026) (0.027) Constant 5.159*** 4.431** 3.699* 1.661 (1.107) (1.637) (1.971) (2.074) N 240 240 240 230 R2 0.449 0.518 0.725 0.784 Country Effects No No Yes Yes Year Effects No Yes Yes Yes Sources: International Historical Statistics, Mitchell (1998 a,b,c) and International Labor Organization, see data appendix for a full description. Notes: Robust standard errors in parenthesis are clustered at the country level. Years at 5-year intervals. If multiple data points exist the values are averaged over the 5 year period. *** Significant at the 1% level. ** Significant at the 5% level. * Significant at the 10% level.
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