Changes in attitudes towards gender norms following childbirth

Arbeitspapier

While the increase in the gender wage gap following childbirth is well-documented in the literature much less is known about what stands behind this development. This research focuses on one possible channel: changes in attitudes towards gender roles. Using longitudinal data from several European countries, I show that respondents tend to adopt more conservative views following childbearing, particularly in the case of the importance of having a child, and whether men should have priority when jobs are scarce. Moreover, the relation appears to be driven by respondents in countries where women shoulder a bigger share of household chores, and where less formal care is available.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IOS Working Papers ; No. 397

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
• Subject: gender norms ; child-birth ; cross-country comparison ; institutions

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Van der Velde, Lucas
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Leibniz-Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS)
• (where): Regensburg
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/267512
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET