It's Raining Men! Hallelujah?

Pauline Grosjean and Rose Khattar
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Rose Khattar: School of Economics, Australian School of Business, the University of New South Wales

No 2014-29C, Discussion Papers from School of Economics, The University of New South Wales

Abstract: We document the implications of missing women in the short and long run. We exploit a natural historical experiment, which sent large numbers of male convicts and far fewer female convicts to Australia in the 18th and 19th century. In areas with higher sex ratios, women historically married more, worked less, and were less likely to occupy high-rank occupations. Today, people have more conservative attitudes towards women working, women are still less likely to have high-ranking occupations and earn a lower wage income. We document the role of vertical cultural transmission and of marriage homogamy in sustaining cultural persistence.

Keywords: Culture; gender roles; sex ratio; natural experiment; Australia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 J16 N37 Z33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2014-06
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