Women, work, and culture
By: Raquel Fernandez.
Contributors: Fernandez, Raquel.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 12888; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 12888.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "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 labor 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"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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