Headstrong Girls and Dependent Boys. Gender Differences in the Labor Market Returns to Child Behavior.

Autor/inn/en	Kaestner, Robert; Malamud, Ofer
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Headstrong Girls and Dependent Boys. Gender Differences in the Labor Market Returns to Child Behavior.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research (2021) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper series. w29509
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
DOI	10.3386/w29509
Schlagwörter	Verhalten; Junge; Geschlechtsspezifischer Unterschied; Bildungsertrag; Arbeitspapier; Biografie; Mädchen; USA
Abstract	The authors use data from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (C-NLSY79) to examine gender differences in the associations between child behavioral problems and early adult earnings. They find large and significant earnings penalties for women who exhibited more headstrong behavior and for men who exhibited more dependent behavior as children. In contrast, there are no penalties for men who were headstrong or for women who were dependent. While other child behavioral problems are also associated with labor market earnings, their associations are not significantly different by gender. The gender differences in headstrong and dependent behavior are not explained by education, marriage, depression, self-esteem, health, or adult personality traits. However, one potential explanation is that these gender differences are a consequence of deviations from gender norms and stereotypes in the workplace.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2022/2