ATTITUDES, POLICIES, AND WORK

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Giavazzi, Francesco; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Serafinelli, Michel
• 署名单位: Bocconi University; Boston College; University of Toronto
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1542-4766
• DOI: 10.1111/jeea.12061
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 1256-1289
• 关键词: culture; COOPERATION; religion; women; oecd

摘要

We study whether cultural attitudes towards gender, the young, and leisure are significant determinants of the employment rates of women and of the young, and of hours worked. We do this controlling for policies, institutions and other structural characteristics of the economy which may influence labor market outcomes. We identify the effect of culture exploiting the evolution over time within country, as well as across countries, of cultural attitudes. We also address the endogeneity of attitudes, policies, and institutions, and allow for the persistent nature of labor market outcomes. We find that culture matters for women's employment rates and for hours worked. However, policies, in particular employment protection legislation and taxes, are also important and their quantitative impact substantial.