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To a dramatically smaller extent, the same phenomenon exists with respect to male-female differentials. The 1900 data show a moderately higher female unemployment rate, but the 1930 numbers actually show women with a significantly lower incidence of unemployment, while in 1940 there was virtually no gender differential. Summarizing the data to 1940, it probably would be safe to conclude that gender differentials before 1940 were not systematic and minor in magnitude. By contrast, since 1950, female unemployment rates have tended to be consistently higher than male ones, especially in the 1960s and 1970s, although the differentials have narrowed significantly in recent years.