Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267512 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IOS Working Papers No. 397
Publisher: 
Leibniz-Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS), Regensburg
Abstract: 
While the increase in the gender wage gap following childbirth is well-documented in the literature much less is known about what stands behind this development. This research focuses on one possible channel: changes in attitudes towards gender roles. Using longitudinal data from several European countries, I show that respondents tend to adopt more conservative views following childbearing, particularly in the case of the importance of having a child, and whether men should have priority when jobs are scarce. Moreover, the relation appears to be driven by respondents in countries where women shoulder a bigger share of household chores, and where less formal care is available.
Subjects: 
gender norms
child-birth
cross-country comparison
institutions
JEL: 
J13
J16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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