Changes

Over the past century, the United States witnessed two concurrent social trends, both of which had a significant impact on the country's economic growth: first, women have gone in large-scale numbers into the official labor force, and second, the country as a whole but particularly women are achieving a higher degree of education than in years past. However, economists predict that economic growth from these two trends is unlikely to be repeated to the same magnitude; room for growth is smaller than it was before and these trends have slowed from their spikes in the mid to late 1900's. With this, everyone is looking for the 21st Century economy-boosting equivalent to women entering the labor force and higher educational attainment. Encouraging women to enter into fields of entrepreneurship, particularly high-growth entrepreneurship, might be the silver bullet economists seek.

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