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Immigration and the evolution of local cultural norms

We study the local evolution of cultural norms in West Germany in reaction to the sudden presence of East Germans who migrated to the West after reunification. These migrants grew up with very high rates of maternal employment, whereas West German families followed the traditional breadwinner-housewife model. We find that West German women increase their labor supply and that this holds within household. We provide additional evidence on stated gender norms, West-East friendships, intermarriage, and childcare infrastructure. The dynamic evolution of the local effects on labor supply is best explained by local cultural learning and endogenous childcare infrastructure.

Language: Englisch

Bibliographic citation: Series: Discussion Paper ; No. 174

Classification: Wirtschaft
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure

Subject: cultural norms
local learning
gender
immigration

Event: Geistige Schöpfung

(who): Schmitz, Sophia
Weinhardt, Felix

Event: Veröffentlichung

(who): Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 - Rationality and Competition

(where): München und Berlin

(when): 2019

Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/208074

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Schmitz, Sophia
Weinhardt, Felix
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 - Rationality and Competition

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