Culture: An Empirical Investigation of Beliefs, Work, and Fertility

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics - Tập 1 Số 1 - Trang 146-177 - 2009
Raquel Fernández1, Alessandra Fogli2
1Dept. of Economics, New York University, 19 W. 4th St., New York, NY 10012, and Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
2University of Minnesota, Dept. of Economics, University of Minnesota, 4-173 Hanson Hall, 1925 Fourth Street South, Minneapolis, MN 55455.

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We study culture by examining the work and fertility behavior of second-generation American women. Culture is proxied with past female labor force participation and total fertility rates from the woman's country of ancestry. The values of these variables capture not only economic and institutional conditions but also the country's preferences and beliefs regarding women's roles. Since the women live in the United States, only the belief and preference components are potentially relevant. We show that the cultural proxies have positive significant explanatory power even after controlling for education and spousal characteristics, and we demonstrate that the results are unlikely to be explained by unobserved human capital. JEL: J13, J16, J22, J24, Z13

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American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Tập 1 Số 1

146-177

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