What factors account for the increase in the participation rates of married women? Use a work?leisure diagram (similar, for example, to Figure 2.8) to explain how each of these factors might individually alter either the indifference curves or the budget lines of women and make labor force participation more likely.

Figure 2.8

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W' 14 13 12 н 4 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 Hours of leisure (per day) 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 2 Hours of work (per day) 00 2. Income (per day)