摘要：One striking feature of the Canadian labour
market during the 1970s and 1980s was the
sustained growth in the numbers of working
women. For women aged 25-64 the participation
rate in the labour force increased from less than
50 per cent in the mid 1970s to 70 per cent in the
late 1980s (panel a of Chart 1). An equally striking
development is the recent stagnation in the
female participation rate, which has remained
around 70 per cent throughout the 1990s. While
the participation rate of men of the same age
group has declined during this latter period,
Chart 1a shows that the 1990s represented a
much less dramatic departure from previous
trends ¡ª indicated by a dotted line in the charts
¡ª for men than for women.1
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