NY TIMES: Women Are More Likely to Work at Almost Every Age

EMPLOYMENT AND AGE: TRENDS

Women Are More Likely to Work at Almost Every Age

Labor force participation rates for college-educated women, by five-year birth cohorts.

%

100

80

60

40

20

0

40-44

25-29

60-64

65-69

70-74

75-79

1920

1925

1930

1935

1940

1945

1950

1955

1960

1965

1970

Woman born around:

At age:

Source: Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz, Harvard University