| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP8418 |
| DP8418 On the origins of gender roles: women and the plough | |
| Alberto Alesina; Paola Giuliano; Nathan Nunn | |
| 发表日期 | 2011-06-01 |
| 出版年 | 2011 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | This paper seeks to better understand the historical origins of current differences in norms and beliefs about the appropriate role of women in society. We test the hypothesis that traditional agricultural practices influenced the historical gender division of labor and the evolution and persistence of gender norms. We find that, consistent with existing hypotheses, the descendants of societies that traditionally practiced plough agriculture, today have lower rates of female participation in the workplace, in politics, and in entrepreneurial activities, as well as a greater prevalence of attitudes favoring gender inequality. We identify the causal impact of traditional plough use by exploiting variation in the historical geo-climatic suitability of the environment for growing crops that differentially benefited from the adoption of the plough. Our IV estimates, based on this variation, support the findings from OLS. To isolate the importance of cultural transmission as a mechanism, we examine female labor force participation of second-generation immigrants living within the US. |
| 主题 | Labour Economics |
| 关键词 | beliefs Culture Gender roles. Values |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp8418 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/537255 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Alberto Alesina,Paola Giuliano,Nathan Nunn. DP8418 On the origins of gender roles: women and the plough. 2011. |
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