Traditional Views, Egalitarian Views, and the Child Penalty: Insights from Immigrant Populations in France

Dominique Meurs and Pierre Pora

No 2025-10, EconomiX Working Papers from University of Paris Nanterre, EconomiX

Abstract: This study uses French survey data on immigrants to explore whether the child penalty is driven by traditional gender attitudes. The dataset includes individual perceptions of gender inequality and women's bodily autonomy, alongside fertility histories and labor market trajectories for immigrants living in France during 2019–2020. While women holding more traditional views are less likely to participate in the labor force overall, the child penalty does not appear to be larger for this group. Interestingly, the child penalty accounts for a significantly greater share of the gender gap in labor force participation among those with more egalitarian views. Comparative analyses across immigrants’ upbringing environments and countries of origin further support a causal interpretation of the absence of a relationship between traditional gender attitudes and the child penalty.

Keywords: Gender; Child penalty; Immigrants; Attitudes; Values (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 J15 J16 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 115 pages
Date: 2025
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