Culture and the Labor Supply of Female Immigrants

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This paper analyzes the impact of source-country culture on the labor supply of female immigrants in Europe. We find that the labor supply of immigrant women is positively associated with the female-to-male labor force participation ratio in their source country, which serves as a proxy for the country's preferences and beliefs regarding women's roles. This suggests that the culture and norms of their source country play an important role for immigrant women's labor supply. However, contradicting previous evidence for the U.S., we do not find evidence that the cultural effect persists through the second generation.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 15789

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
• Subject: female labor force participation ; immigration ; integration ; cultural transmission ; epidemiological approach

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bredtmann, Julia ; Otten, Sebastian
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/272416
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET