Gender and social mobility: Exploring gender attitudes and women's labour force participation

Nancy Luke

No wp-2019-108, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Women have historically been overlooked in research on social mobility. In contrast, new research focuses on the intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes and norms as determinants of women's labour force participation in industrialized countries. This paper discusses the measurement of gender attitudes and reviews research findings. Studies reveal that gender attitudes are a key transmission mechanism for intergenerational economic mobility beyond wealth and other economic factors.

Keywords: Gender; Gender attitudes; Norms; Female labour force participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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