The Roots of Low European Employment: Family Culture?

By Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc. Social Science Research Network, 2005

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First we provide a simple labor supply model in which heterogeneity in family preferences can account for cross-country variations in both the level and the dynamics of employment rates of demographic groups. Second, we provide evidence based on international individual surveys that family attitudes do differ across countries and are largely shaped by national features. We also document that cross-country differences in family culture cause crossnational differences in family attitudes. Studying the correlation between employment rates and family attitudes, we then show that the stronger preferences for family activities in European countries may explain both their lower female employment rate and the fall in the employment rates of young and older people.

Subfields: Demography, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science

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The Output Cost of Gender Discrimination: A Model-Based Macroeconomic Estimate (2008, unknown): “Fernández (2007) highlight the importance of cultural characteristics as a determinant of female labor force participation, while the empirical results in Algan and Cahuc (2007) point to national family characteristics as a determinant of female participation(4). In addition, Dollar and Gatti (1999)”
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Family Values and the Regulation of Labor (2015, unknown): “See Alesina and Giuliano (2010), Algan and Cahuc (2005, 2009), Antecol (2000), Carroll, Rhee and Rhee (1994), Fernandez and Fogli (2006,2009), Giuliano (2007) and Guiso, Sapienza and Zingales (2006) among others.”
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Culture: persistence and evolution (2014, background): “In this section we illustrate how we measure and assess whether or not there is convergence in the cultural attitudes of different generations of immigrants towards the norm set by the 22See also Algan and Cahuc (2007, 2010) and Giavazzi, Schiantarelli, and Serafinelli (2013).”
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