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Social norms, labor market opportunities, and the marriage gap for skilled women
Bertrand, Marianne; Cortés, Patricia; Olivetti, Claudia; … - 2018
across countries in how the marriage gap for skilled women has evolved over time. As labor market opportunities for women … have improved, the marriage gap has been growing in some countries but shrinking in others. We discuss the comparative … marriage rate of skilled women, and might also induce a non-monotonic relationship between their labor market prospects and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810220
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Social Norms, Labor Market Opportunities, and the Marriage Gap for Skilled Women
Bertrand, Marianne - 2018
across countries in how the marriage gap for skilled women has evolved over time. As labor market opportunities for women … have improved, the marriage gap has been growing in some countries but shrinking in others. We discuss the comparative … marriage rate of skilled women, and might also induce a non-monotonic relationship between their labor market prospects and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012923245
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Social Norms, Labor Market Opportunities, and the Marriage Gap for Skilled Women
Bertrand, Marianne; Cortes, Patricia; Olivetti, Claudia; … - 2018
across countries in how the marriage gap for skilled women has evolved over time. As labor market opportunities for women … have improved, the marriage gap has been growing in some countries but shrinking in others. We discuss the comparative … marriage rate of skilled women, and might also induce a non-monotonic relationship between their labor market prospects and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816654
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Who married, (to) whom, and where? : trends in marriage in the United States, 1850-1940
Olivetti, Claudia; Paserman, Marco Daniele; Salisbury, Laura - 2020
We present new findings about the relationship between marriage and socioeconomic background in the United States in … socioeconomic gradient for women in the probability of marriage and the socioeconomic status of husbands. This socioeconomic … marriage, and almost all of the increase in marital sorting. Differences in urbanization rates and the share of foreign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012305893
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Who Married, (to) Whom, and Where? Trends in Marriage in the United States, 1850-1940
Olivetti, Claudia; Paserman, M. Daniele; Salisbury, Laura; … - 2020
We present new findings about the relationship between marriage and socioeconomic background in the United States in … socioeconomic gradient for women in the probability of marriage and the socioeconomic status of husbands. This socioeconomic … marriage, and almost all of the increase in marital sorting. Differences in urbanization rates and the share of foreign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322610
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Marrying Your Mom: Preference Transmission and Women's Labour and Education Choices
Fernández, Raquel; Fogli, Alessandra; Olivetti, Claudia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
This Paper argues that the evolution of male preferences contributed to the dramatic increase in the proportion of working and educated women in the population over time. Male preferences evolved because some men experienced a different family model – one in which their mother was skilled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791450
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Who Married, (to) Whom, and Where? Trends in Marriage in the United States, 1850-1940
Olivetti, Claudia; Paserman, Daniele; Salisbury, Laura; … - 2021
We present new findings about the relationship between marriage and socioeconomic background in the United States in … socioeconomic gradient for women in the probability of marriage and the socioeconomic status of husbands. This socioeconomic … marriage, and almost all of the increase in marital sorting. Differences in urbanization rates and the share of foreign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315150
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Production, Market Production and the Gender Wage Gap: Incentives and Expectations
Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 12 (2009) 1, pp. 80-107
We study the joint determination of gender differences in labor earnings and time devoted to home production in an economy where informational frictions give rise to incentive problems in the labor market. Our model generates novel predictions on the relation between earnings, home hours and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005085528
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The economic consequences of family policies : lessons from a century of legislation in high-income countries
Olivetti, Claudia; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2017
We draw lessons from existing work and our own analysis on the effects of parental leave and other interventions aimed at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with a discussion of the historical introduction of family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607454
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Gender gaps across countries and skills : supply, demand and the industry structure
Olivetti, Claudia; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2011
The gender wage gap varies widely across countries and across skill groups within countries. Interestingly, there is a positive cross-country correlation between the unskilled-to-skilled gender wage gap and the corresponding gap in hours worked. Based on a canonical supply and demand framework,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009379497