Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/192749 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers No. 767
Publisher: 
Statistics Norway, Research Department, Oslo
Abstract: 
Despite well-documented convergence during the later years of the 20th century, labor market attachment remains markedly higher for men than for women. The current paper employs rich longitudinal registry data to investigate the intergenerational transfer of the gender gap in employment. We explore the extent that family- and community-level characteristics, measured in childhood, differentially predict employment for adult Norwegian men and women. Drawing on theories pertaining to the importance of information, skills and gender norms transfer, our empirical analysis demonstrates that a parsimonious set of family- and community-level characteristics can explain a substantial part of the gender gap. These results suggest that female employment continues to be influenced by the intergenerational transfer of beliefs and expectations about family and work.
Subjects: 
Gender gap
Employment
Labor force particiaption
Intergenerational transfer
JEL: 
J16
J21
D13
N30
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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