In the US, the negative productivity of one extra woman worker is equivalent to the positive productivity of 14 men workers.

This pattern is similar worldwide.

Graphs of the following tables.

Each 1% increase in the percent of women in the labor force reduces TIMSS scores by one point.

Savings decrease by 1% of GDP for each 1% increase in women with higher educations.

US Laborforce (millions)

GDP Per Worker By Gold Standard

Percent of Laborforce Which is Women

1929

20.67

103.8

5.0

1747.6

790.9

1747.6

1930

20.67

91.1

4.4

1533.8

719.7

1533.8

1931

20.67

76.4

3.7

1286.3

674

1286.3

1932

20.67

58.6

2.8

986.6

584.3

986.6

1933

32.32

56.2

1.7

605.1

577.3

605.1

1934

35

65.9

1.9

655.2

641.1

655.2

1935

35

73.1

2.1

726.8

698.4

726.8

1936

35

83.6

2.4

831.2

790

831.2

1937

35

91.8

2.6

912.8

831.5

912.8

1938

35

85.9

2.5

854.1

801.2

854.1

1939

35

91.9

2.6

913.7

866.5

913.7

1940

34.5

101.2

2.9

1020.8

941.2

1020.8

55.6

18,360

1941

35.5

126.7

3.6

1242.0

1,101.80

1242.0

57.7

21,537

1942

35.5

161.6

4.6

1584.1

1,308.90

1584.1

59.7

26,519

1943

36.5

198.3

5.4

1890.6

1,523.00

1890.6

61.8

30,592

1944

36.25

219.7

6.1

2109.1

1,644.70

2109.1

63.9

33,023

1945

37.25

223.2

6.0

2085.2

1,626.70

2085.2

65.9

31,625

1946

38.25

222.6

5.8

2025.2

1,447.70

2025.2

68.0

29,781

1947

43

244.6

5.7

1979.6

1,430.70

1979.6

70.1

28,252

1948

42

269.7

6.4

2234.7

1,491.00

2234.7

72.1

30,979

1949

40.5

267.8

6.6

2301.1

1,479.80

2301.1

74.2

31,011

1950

40.25

294.6

7.3

2547.1

1,611.30

2547.1

62.2

40,950

28.2%

1951

40

339.7

8.5

2955.4

1,734.00

2955.4

63.6

46,444

28.5%

1952

38.7

358.6

9.3

3224.6

1,798.70

3224.6

65.1

49,559

28.8%

1953

35.5

379.7

10.7

3722.1

1,881.40

3722.1

66.5

55,972

29.0%

1954

35.25

381.3

10.8

3764.3

1,868.20

3764.3

67.9

55,413

29.2%

1955

35.15

415.1

11.8

4109.7

2,001.10

4109.7

69.4

59,247

29.5%

1956

35.2

438

12.4

4330.2

2,040.20

4330.2

70.8

61,163

29.9%

1957

35.25

461

13.1

4551.1

2,078.50

4551.1

72.2

63,008

30.4%

1958

35.25

467.3

13.3

4613.3

2,057.50

4613.3

73.7

62,626

30.7%

1959

35.25

507.2

14.4

5007.3

2,210.20

5007.3

75.1

66,678

30.9%

1960

36.5

526.6

14.4

5020.7

2,262.90

5020.7

69.6

72,136

31.2%

1961

35.5

544.8

15.3

5340.6

2,314.30

5340.6

70.2

76,131

31.4%

1962

35.35

585.2

16.6

5761.0

2,454.80

5761.0

70.7

81,485

31.8%

1963

35.25

617.4

17.5

6095.2

2,559.40

6095.2

71.3

85,547

32.1%

1964

35.35

663

18.8

6526.8

2,708.40

6526.8

71.8

90,903

32.4%

1965

35.5

719.1

20.3

7049.2

2,881.10

7049.2

72.4

97,432

32.8%

1966

35.4

787.8

22.3

7744.5

3,069.20

7744.5

72.9

106,235

33.2%

1967

35.5

833.6

23.5

8171.6

3,147.20

8171.6

73.5

111,254

33.9%

1968

43.5

910.6

20.9

7284.8

3,293.90

7284.8

74.0

98,443

34.5%

1969

41

982.2

24.0

8336.7

3,393.60

8336.7

74.6

111,827

35.0%

1970

38.9

1,035.60

26.6

9264.5

3,397.60

9264.5

82.8

111,890

35.2%

1971

44.6

1,125.40

25.2

8781.1

3,510.00

9648.97

84.6

103,796

35.7%

1972

63.84

1,237.30

19.4

6744.7

3,702.30

10049.4

85.9

78,518

36.2%

1973

106.5

1,382.60

13.0

4518.6

3,916.30

10466.45

87.2

51,819

36.7%

1974

183.8

1,496.90

8.1

2834.6

3,891.20

10900.81

92.0

30,811

37.0%

1975

139.3

1,630.60

11.7

4073.9

3,873.90

11353.19

93.8

43,432

37.3%

1976

133.8

1,819.00

13.6

4732.1

4,082.90

11824.35

96.2

49,190

37.8%

1977

161.1

2,026.90

12.6

4378.4

4,273.60

12315.06

99.0

44,226

38.3%

1978

208.1

2,291.40

11.0

3831.8

4,503.00

12826.14

102.3

37,457

38.8%

1979

459

2,557.50

5.6

1939.0

4,630.60

13358.42

105.0

18,467

39.4%

1980

594.9

2,784.20

4.7

1628.7

4,615.00

13912.8

106.9

15,230

40.0%

1981

400

3,115.90

7.8

2710.8

4,720.70

14490.18

108.7

24,945

40.5%

1982

447

3,242.10

7.3

2524.1

4,620.30

15091.52

110.2

22,904

40.8%

1983

380

3,514.50

9.2

3218.5

4,803.70

15717.82

111.6

28,853

41.1%

1984

309

3,902.40

12.6

4394.9

5,140.10

16370.11

113.5

38,707

41.3%

1985

327

4,180.70

12.8

4449.2

5,323.50

17049.47

115.5

38,534

41.7%

1986

390.9

4,422.20

11.3

3936.9

5,487.70

17757.02

117.8

33,411

41.9%

1987

486.5

4,692.30

9.6

3356.5

5,649.50

18493.94

119.9

28,002

42.4%

1988

410.2

5,049.60

12.3

4284.4

5,865.20

19261.43

121.7

35,214

42.6%

1989

401

5,438.70

13.6

4719.9

6,062.00

20060.78

123.9

38,104

42.9%

1990

386.2

5,743.80

14.9

5175.7

6,136.30

20893.31

124.8

41,476

43.0%

1991

353.2

5,916.70

16.8

5830.4

6,079.40

21760.38

125.3

46,530

43.1%

1992

333

6,244.40

18.8

6525.7

6,244.40

22663.43

127.0

51,391

43.3%

1993

391.8

6,558.10

16.7

5825.7

6,389.60

23603.97

128.0

45,499

44.0%

1994

383.3

6,947.00

18.1

6308.0

6,610.70

24583.53

131.1

48,132

44.2%

1995

387

7,269.60

18.8

6537.0

6,761.70

25603.75

132.3

49,409

44.4%

1996

369

7,661.60

20.8

7225.6

6,994.80

26666.3

133.9

53,945

44.8%

1997

348

8,110.90

23.3

8110.9

7,269.80

27772.95

44.9%