Politico-Economic Regimes and Attitudes: Female Workers under State Socialism

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Campa, Pamela; Serafinelli, Michel
• 署名单位: Stockholm School of Economics; University of Essex
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_00772
• 发表日期: 2019-05
• 页码: 233-248
• 关键词: cultural transmission; institutions; COOPERATION; persistence; beliefs; FAMILY; VALUES; media; women; trust

摘要

This paper investigates whether attitudes are affected by politico-economic regimes. We exploit the efforts of state socialist regimes to promote women's economic inclusion. Using the German partition after World War II, we show that women from East-Germany are more likely to place importance on career success compared to women from West-Germany. Further, the population at large in East Germany is less likely to hold traditional gender role attitudes. Examining possible mechanisms, we find that the change in attitudes under the East German regime was larger in areas where the growth in female employment was larger. A comparison of Eastern versus Western Europe confirms these results.