Social norms, labor market opportunities, and the marriage gap for skilled women.

Autor/inn/en	Bertrand, Marianne; Cortés, Patricia; Olivetti, Claudia; Pan, Jessica
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Social norms, labor market opportunities, and the marriage gap for skilled women. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Soziale Normen, Arbeitsmarktchancen und die geringere Heiratsquote qualifizierter Frauen.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass. (2016), 65 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper. 22015
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
DOI	10.3386/w22015
Schlagwörter	Soziale Einstellung; Soziale Norm; Ehefrau; Frau; Geschlechterrolle; Öffentliche Meinung; Arbeitsmarktchance; Niedrig Qualifizierter; Qualifikation; Regionaler Vergleich; Hoch Qualifizierter; Belgien; Deutschland; Dänemark; Finnland; Frankreich; Griechenland; Großbritannien; Irland; Island; Italien; Japan; Kanada; Niederlande; Norwegen; Portugal; Schweden; Schweiz; Spanien; Taiwan; USA; Österreich
Abstract	"In most of the developed world, skilled women marry at a lower rate than unskilled women. We document heterogeneity across countries in how the marriage gap for skilled women has evolved over time. As labor market opportunities for women have improved, the marriage gap has been growing in some countries but shrinking in others. We discuss a theoretical model in which the (negative) social attitudes towards working women might contribute towards the lower marriage rate of skilled women, and might also induce a non-linear relationship between their labor market prospects and their marriage outcomes. The model is suited to understand the dynamics of the marriage gap for skilled women over time within a country with set social attitudes towards working women. The model also delivers predictions about how the marriage gap for skilled women should react to changes in their labor market opportunities across countries with more or less conservative attitudes towards working women. We test the key predictions of this model in a panel of 23 developed countries, as well as in a panel of US states." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Sekundäranalyse; Längsschnitt; Querschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1970 bis 2010.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2016/3