Mothers and Sons: Preference Formation and Female Labor Force Dynamics

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2004
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Abstract
This paper argues that the growing presence of a new type of man—one brought up in a family in which the mother worked—has been a significant factor in the increase in female labor force participation over time. We present cross-sectional evidence showing that the wives of men whose mothers worked are themselves significantly more likely to work. We use variation in the importance of World War II as a shock to women's labor force participation—as proxied by variation in the male draft rate across U. S. states—to provide evidence in support of the intergenerational consequences of our propagation mechanism.
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Authors R. Fernandez, Alessandra Fogli, Claudia Olivetti
Journal the quarterly journal of economics
Year 2004
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10.1162/0033553042476224
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https://doi.org/10.1162/0033553042476224
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