The Intergenerational Transmission of World War I on Female Labour

Victor Gay ()

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Abstract: Demographic shocks tied to World War I's high death toll induced many women to enter the labour force in the immediate postwar period. I document a positive impact of these newly employed women on the labour force participation of subsequent generations of women until today. I also find that the war permanently altered attitudes toward the role of women in the labour force. I decompose this impact into three channels of intergenerational transmission: transmission from mothers to daughters, transmission from mothers-in-law to daughters-in-law via their sons, and transmission through local social interactions.

Keywords: World War I; Gender norms; Economic History; Culture; Social norm; Military fatalities; Female labor force participation; Female labor supply; Intergenerational transmission (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-04-04
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Published in The Economic Journal, 2023, 133 (654), pp.2303-2333. ⟨10.1093/ej/uead029⟩

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DOI: 10.1093/ej/uead029

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