The gender gap in workplace authority in Sweden 1968-2000 – a family affair?

Magnus Bygren () and Michael Gähler ()
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Magnus Bygren: Department of Sociology, Stockholm University
Michael Gähler: The Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University

No 2007:28, Working Paper Series from IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy

Abstract: We assess whether the gender gap in authority in Sweden has changed during the period 1968–2000, and investigate to what extent family factors are responsible for this gap. We find that the gap has narrowed modestly during this period, and identify the life-event of parenthood as a major cause of the gap. When men become fathers, they gain authority; when women become mothers, they do not. Our fixed effects panel estimates of the effects of family factors deviate from the cross-sectional estimates, suggesting that unobserved individual heterogeneity – routinely neglected in this line of research – matters.

Keywords: Workplace authority; gender gap; work-family balance; Sweden (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J12 J13 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2007-10-30
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Published as Bygren, Magnus and Michael Gähler, 'Family Formation and Men's and Women's Attainment of Workplace Authority' in Social Forces, 2012, pages 795-816.

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