TY  - RPRT
CY  - Toulouse
ID  - publications42084
UR  - http://iast.fr/pub/125086
A1  - Gay, Victor
Y1  - 2021/01//
N2  - This article explores the pathways that underlie the diffusion of women’s
participation in the labor force across generations. I exploit a severe exogenous shock to the sex ratio, World War I in France, which generated a large inflow of women in the labor force after the war. I show that this shock to female labor transmitted to subsequent generations until today. Three mechanisms of intergenerational transmission account for this result: parental transmission, transmission through marriage, and transmission through local social interactions. Beyond behaviors, the war also permanently altered beliefs toward the role of women in the labor force.
PB  - IAST Working Paper
T3  - IAST Working Paper
KW  - Female labor force participation
KW  - World War I
KW  - Sex ratio
KW  - Intergenerational transmission
KW  - Gender norms
M1  - working_paper
TI  - The Legacy of the Missing Men : The Long-Run Impact of World War I on Female Labor Force Participation
AV  - public
ER  -