Women and work: What role do social norms play?

Arbeitspapier

Against the background of the current economic research which concentrates particularly on individual and structural factors, this paper examines if and to what extent social norms (in terms of attitudes towards gender roles and work commitment) can make a complementary statement in explaining women's employment status. The impact is presumed to be enhanced through norms shared by people belonging to the same households, through norms shared by people belonging to the same households, The analysis relies on a rich German dataset and employs a zero inflated negative binomial model. The results highlight the importance of 'relevant others' in explaining women's employment status.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics ; No. 09-2010

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Relation of Economics to Social Values ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
• Subject: women's employment status ; households and families ; social norms ; zero inflated negative binominal model ; Weibliche Arbeitskräfte ; Soziale Norm ; Arbeitsethik ; Schätzung ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Tolciu, Andreia ; Zierahn, Ulrich
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Philipps-University Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
• (where): Marburg
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/56586
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