labor stimulates investment increase female activity housework raises savings model highlights gender effects macroeconomic variables shows economies higher likelihood recovering downturns women participate labor force instead devoting time housework ref name berik gendered macroeconomic variables us women 's weekly earnings employment percentage men 's earnings industry approach demonstrates effects gender inequalities enhancing macroeconomic models bernard walters shows traditional neoclassical models fail adequately assess work related reproduction assuming population labor
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