Closing or reproducing the gender gap? Parental transmission, social norms and education choice.

Autor/inn/en	Knoth Humlum, Maria; Brink Nandrup, Anne; Smith, Nina
Titel	Closing or reproducing the gender gap? Parental transmission, social norms and education choice. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Wird die Geschlechterkluft geschlossen oder reproduziert? Elterliche Übertragung, soziale Normen und Bildungswahl.
Quelle	In: Journal of population economics, 32 (2019) 2, S. 455-500 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0933-1433; 1432-1475
DOI	10.1007/s00148-018-0692-1
Schlagwörter	Bildungsverhalten; Bildungsbeteiligung; Stereotyp; Geschlechtsspezifische Sozialisation; Soziale Mobilität; Soziale Norm; Geschlechterrolle; Berufswahl; Dänemark; Stereotyp; Geschlechterrolle; Soziale Mobilität; Soziale Norm; Bildungsverhalten; Bildungsbeteiligung; Berufswahl; Generationenverhältnis; Geschlechterverteilung; Geschlechtsspezifik; Dänemark
Abstract	"Over the last decade, the economic literature has increasingly focused on the importance of gender identity and sticky gender norms in an attempt to explain the persistence of the gender gaps in education and labour market behaviour. Using detailed register data on the latest cohorts of Danish labour market entrants, this paper examines the intergenerational correlation in gender-stereotypical choice of education. Although to some extent picking up inherited and acquired skills, our results suggest that if parents exhibit gender-stereotypical labour market behaviour, children of the same sex are more likely to choose a gender-stereotypical education. The associations are strongest for sons. Exploiting the detailed nature of our data, we use birth order and sibling sex composition to shed light on the potential channels through which gender differences in educational preferences are transmitted across generations. Our findings support the hypothesis that human capital transfers and intra-family resource allocation are important mechanisms. We find no evidence suggesting that school and/or residential location are important drivers of the documented intergenerational correlations." (Author's abstract, © Springer-Verlag).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2019/3