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Gay, Victor
(2021)
The legacy of the missing men: the long-run impact of World War I on female labor force participation.
TSE Working Paper, n. 21-1173, toulouse
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Abstract
This paper 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.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Language: | English |
| Date: | January 2021 |
| Place of Publication: | toulouse |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Female labor force participation, World War I, Sex ratio, Intergenerational transmission, Gender norms |
| JEL Classification: | J16 - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply N34 - Europe - 1913- Z13 - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology |
| Subjects: | B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE |
| Divisions: | TSE-R (Toulouse) |
| Institution: | Université Toulouse 1 Capitole |
| Site: | UT1 |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jan 2021 10:03 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jun 2023 12:29 |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:tse-fr.eu:125087 |
| URI: | https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/42085 |
