Social norms are an important barrier to gender convergence. We show that public policy designed to promote gender … equality at home can pave the way towards gender convergence by shaping gender norms in the next generation. We combine the … difference-in-differences approach, we show that children born after the policy change exhibit more gender egalitarian attitudes …

measures like the gender wage gap. …

outearns her partner. This misreporting is best explained by the role of gender norms in individuals' self-portrayals and self-perception. …

In this paper we construct the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) and its five subindices Family code, Civil … liberties, Physical integrity, Son Preference and Ownership rights using variables of the OECD Gender, Institutions and … Development database. Instead of measuring gender inequalities in education, health, economic or political participation, these …

Using data from "Generation and Gender Survey" for Poland, we study the relationship between women's relative income … equally. We also find that individual gender norms matter both for women's involvement in unpaid work at home and for the …

investigates the role of natives' gender norms in the labor market integration of female immigrants. To analyze the role of natives …' gender norms, we exploit intertemporal, interregional, and age-specific variation in female-to-male labor force participation … finding is due to the cultural assimilation of female immigrants to native women's gender norms, and not the result of …

This paper examines peer effects on students' gender norm perceptions and skills formation. I use a Uruguayan … leads to more progressive gender norms. Furthermore, these effects in gender perceptions are driven mostly by male students … to female peers operates not only by reducing traditional gender perceptions but also by changing actual behaviour …

living in 9 host countries, we find that the positive effects of country-of-ancestry gender social norms on girls' math test … that social gender norms affect parent's expectations on girls' academic knowledge relative to that of boys, but not on … (as opposed to math-specific) gender stereotypes on the math gender gap, and suggest that parents' gender social norms …

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 …

Actual and perceived gender norms are key to understanding gender inequality. Using newly-collected, nationally … representative datasets from 60 countries covering 80% of the world population, this paper studies gender norms on two policy issues … leadership positions. Misperceptions of gender norms are pervasive across the world, and the nature of the misperception is …