Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/305678 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17236
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In many countries, the Sixties marked a turning point in the history of women's emancipation. Using data with information on the birth order of large samples of individuals, we show that the first to be affected by this revolution were the first-born of the early 1960 s: they grew up much more often in "modern" families (two children max, working mother and significant likelihood of parental divorce) than children of higher birth orders born at the same time in other families. However, this change in family environment did not coincide with any decline in their educational or occupational achievement.
Subjects: 
Sixties
family size
maternal employment
education
JEL: 
J11
J12
J13
I24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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