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American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics: Vol. 1 No. 1 (January 2009)
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Culture: An Empirical Investigation of Beliefs, Work, and Fertility
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Fernandez, Raquel, and
Alessandra Fogli. 2009. "Culture: An Empirical Investigation of Beliefs, Work, and Fertility."
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics,
1(1): 146-77.
DOI: 10.1257/mac.1.1.146
DOI: 10.1257/mac.1.1.146
Abstract
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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Fernandez, Raquel (NYU and IZA)
Fogli, Alessandra (U MN)
Fogli, Alessandra (U MN)
JEL Classifications
J13: Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J16: Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
J22: Time Allocation and Labor Supply
J24: Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Z13: Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology
J16: Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
J22: Time Allocation and Labor Supply
J24: Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Z13: Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology
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