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In the 1950s, Norwegian dairy firms began widely adopting milking machines to replace hand-milking, a task typically performed by young women. Rural young women subsequently moved to cities where they acquired more education and found better-paying, skilled employment.
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Gender-Biased Technological Change: Milking Machines and the Exodus of Women from Farming - American Economic Association

Gender-Biased Technological Change: Milking Machines and the Exodus of Women from Farming by Philipp Ager, Marc Goñi and Kjell G. Salvanes. Published in volume 116, issue 1, pages 246-86 of American Economic Review, January 2026, Abstract: This paper stud...

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