During the First World War in France, annual government spending reached unprecedented levels, accounting for 50 percent of GDP. A significant portion of these expenditures was allocated to support industrial warfare, at a time when the country’s …
This article describes the construction and content of the Morts pour la France database.
The interwar inflow of women in the labor force due to WWI persisted until today through intergenerational transmission mechanisms.
Database on the 1.3 million French fatalities of World War I
The scarcity of men due to the war generated an upward shift in female labor force participation that persisted throughout the interwar period.
Dissertation defended at the Departement of Economics of the University of Chicago in Spring 2018.