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dc.contributor.authorLalive, Rafaelen
dc.contributor.authorStutzer, Aloisen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:53:34Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:53:34Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18884-
dc.description.abstractWomen earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms onthe appropriate pay for women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens?approval of an equal rights amendment to the Swiss constitution as a proxy for the norm that?women and men shall have the right to equal pay for work of equal value?. We find that thegender wage gap narrows by one fifth due to an increase by one standard deviation in theapproval. Rejecting an explanation in terms of discrimination, we find that employed womenare less (not more) satisfied with life in liberal communities where the gender wage gap issmaller.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x1245en
dc.subject.jelI31en
dc.subject.jelJ31en
dc.subject.jelJ16en
dc.subject.jelZ13en
dc.subject.jelJ70en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordequal rightsen
dc.subject.keywordgender discriminationen
dc.subject.keywordgender wage gapen
dc.subject.keywordsocial normsen
dc.subject.keywordsubjective well-beingen
dc.subject.stwLohndifferenzierungen
dc.subject.stwGeschlechterdiskriminierungen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Werteen
dc.subject.stwLebensqualitäten
dc.subject.stwFrauenen
dc.subject.stwSchweizen
dc.subject.stwLebenszufriedenheiten
dc.titleApproval of equal rights and gender differences in well-being-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn856734209en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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