Marriage bars
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Marriage bars were a practice adopted from the the late 1800s to the 1950es restricting married women from employment in many professions, esp. teaching and clerical jobs. Marriage bars did not affect employment in lower paid jobs, and therefore lowered incentives for women to acquire education.
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- Borjas, Labor Economics, Ch 10, pag. 402, McGraw-Hill, 4th Ed.
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