Is there a case for intergenerational transmission of female labour force participation and educational attainment? Evidence from Greece during the crisis
Papapetrou, Evangelia ; Tsalaporta, Pinepoli
Labour. Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations
2018
32
4
December
237-258
women ; labour force participation ; intergenerational transfer ; education
Gender equality & Women
https://doi.org/10.1111/labr.12134
English
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"The paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of female educational attainment and the intergenerational transmission of labour force participation in Greece, in 2011. Results show that parental educational background, and especially maternal, is identified as a key determinant of women's high level of educational achievement. A wife's labour force participation decision is related to her husband's mother's and mother's participation, and even more strongly related to her own level of educational achievement along with the number of children in the household. The labour force participation of the mother of the husband is more important than that of the woman's own mother, indicating a strong transmission of the husband's cultural model. Results point to the presence of heterogeneity of cultural transmission of female labour supply conditional on household income."
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