Acculturation, Education, and Gender Roles: Evidence from Canada

Anke Kessler and Kevin Milligan

No 13658, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: This paper studies the influence of cultural norms on economic outcomes. We combine detailed information on second-generation female immigrants with historical data from their an- cestral source countries to see how the cultural endowment affects current decisions on work and fertility. We show that results using the standard approach are sensitive to context and specifi- cation. We then extend to reveal an education gradient for cultural assimilation: lower-educated women exhibit a strong influence of cultural variables while higher-educated women show no in- fluence at all. We gather and present evidence on several potential mechanisms for the education gradient.

Keywords: Culture; Immigration; Assimilation; Labor supply; Fertility; Human capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J22 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-04
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Journal Article: Acculturation, education, and gender roles: evidence from Canada (2021)
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