often observed that women, prioritizing their families over their careers, willfully settle for less paying and less … employees. We argue that women may make such choices in presence of patriarchal social norms which see household chores as the … primary duty of women. Our theoretical model predicts that women coming from families with stronger patriarchal values are …

Despite the notable progress that has been made in bridging the gap between women and men in the world of work, women … are still underrepresented in several occupations. In this article, the effect of gender norms on whether women enter male … flexibility and women's relative preferences for family-friendly jobs in shaping gender-based sorting across occupations. …

young working women. It departs from a theoretical understanding of norms as conditional upon expectations in one … by others influences personal support for women taking up work. Moreover, we address the question of whose views matter … husbands regarding the role of females are a key obstacle to a higher labor force participation of young women in Bangladesh …

arrival of children also leads to a greater increase in the female share of housework and child care for West Germans. I add …

In this paper, we examine how pre-birth gender norms shape women's labor market trajectories and occupational choices … traditional and egalitarian mothers and eliminates the difference in hours worked penalties entirely. Thus, traditional women seem …