MOTHERS, PEERS, AND GENDER-ROLE IDENTITY

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Olivetti, Claudia; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves
• 署名单位: Boston College; Cornell University; Monash University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1542-4766
• DOI: 10.1093/jeea/jvy050
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 266-301
• 关键词: labor-market outcomes; intergenerational transmission; role attitudes; neighborhood; female; education; closure; women; EVOLUTION; american

摘要

We study whether a woman's labor supply as a young adult is shaped by the work behavior of her adolescent peers' mothers. Using detailed information on a sample of U.S. teenagers who are followed over time, we find that labor force participation of high school peers' mothers affects adult women's labor force participation, above and beyond the effect of their own mothers. The analysis suggests that women who were exposed to a larger number of working mothers during adolescence are less likely to feel that work interferes with family responsibilities. This perception, in turn, is important for whether they work when they have children.