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.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IOS Working Papers ; No. 397

Klassifikation und Themen

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

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Van der Velde, Lucas
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Leibniz-Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS)
• (wo): Regensburg
• (wann): 2022

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/267512
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ