Women, Work and Culture

Fernández, Raquel

No 6153, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: This paper discusses some recent advances in the area of culture and economics and examines the effect of culture on a key economic outcome: female labour supply. To separate the effect of market variables and institutions from culture, I use an epidemiological approach, studying second-generation American women. I use both female LFP and attitudes in the women's country of ancestry as cultural proxies and show that both cultural proxies have quantitatively significant effects on women's work outcomes. The paper concludes with some suggestions for future empirical and theoretical research topics in this area.

Keywords: Attitudes; Cultural transmission; Endogenous preferences; Female labour force participation; Immigrants; World value survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J21 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-02
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cul, nep-ltv and nep-soc
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