I examine how one central aspect of the family environment - sibling sex composition - affects women's gender … for first-born women. I show that women with a brother acquire more traditional gender roles, as measured through their … mechanism, I provide evidence of increased gender-specialized parenting in families with mixed-sex children. Finally, I find …

. Mothers' egalitarian views and less-restrictive gender norms promote greater labour force participation for daughters and … intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes and norms as determinants of women's labour force participation in industrialized … countries. This paper discusses the measurement of gender attitudes and reviews research findings. Studies reveal that gender …

In many countries, a significant share of the gender earnings gap stems not only from firm's practices, or self …

are still underrepresented in several occupations. In this article, the effect of gender norms on whether women enter male …-dominated occupations is analysed using differences in gender equality among early-arrival migrants. The variations in gender norms … occupational choices. Using data from the American Community Survey, it is found that greater gender equality in the country of …

variation in the share of individuals with non-traditional gender norms across birth-cohorts, survey year, education, and ….4% standard deviation. Our measure of non-traditional gender norms is the share of women who disagree with the statement "men …

This paper explores how historical gender roles become entrenched as norms over the long run. In the historical United … States, gender roles on the frontier looked starkly different from those in settled areas. Male-biased sex ratios led to …--some emphasizing their entrepreneurial independence, others their prevailing domesticity. The distinctive frontier gender roles, in …

) of mothers. We use variation in pre-K rules across all US states, including income eligibility requirements in some … overall maternal LFP by 2.3 percentage points. In particular, we find that mothers with the following demographic …

To investigate the role of gender norms in household specialisation choices, I conduct a lab experiment with real … hetero-sexual couples playing a battle of the sexes game. The salience of gender norms varies across treatments: the Norm … consistent with marriage market motives, i.e. some men may want to signal progressive gender attitudes to their partner. …