The impact of female employment on male salaries and careers: Evidence from the English banking industry, 1890-1941

SELTZER, Andrew

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The impact of female employment on male salaries and careers: Evidence from the English banking industry, 1890-1941

Date

2013

Authors

SELTZER, Andrew

Publisher

Economic History Society

Abstract

The late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century British labour market experienced an influx of female clerical workers. Employers argued that female employment increased opportunities for men to advance; however, most male clerks regarded this expansion