Gender Culture and Gender Gap in Employment

By Pamela Campa, Alessandra Casarico, P. Profeta. Social Science Research Network, 2011

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This paper analyzes to what extent gender culture affects gender gap in employment. Drawing on Italian data, we measure culture by building two indices: one based on individual attitudes, as done in the existing literature; one based on firms’ attitudes. Firms’ beliefs, which express their set of ideas, values and norms, though generally neglected, are as important as individuals’ attitudes to explain female labor market outcomes. Using an instrumental variable analysis, we show that our index of gender culture based on firms’ attitudes is significant in explaining gender gap in employment in Italian provinces. We show that the same holds when culture is measured with reference to individual attitudes.

Subfields: Demography, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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In Demography

1. Pamela Campa
2. Michel Serafinelli
3. John C. Anyanwu

In Economics and Econometrics

1. D. Augustine
2. Pamela Campa
3. Michel Serafinelli
4. John C. Anyanwu
5. W. Baah-Boateng
6. C. Nevo
7. Hassan Qudrat-Ullah

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Pamela Campa
2. Michel Serafinelli
3. John C. Anyanwu
4. D. Augustine

Citations in the corpus

• Gender Equality in Employment in Africa: Empirical Analysis and Policy Implications (2013, background): “Campa et al. (2011) analyse the extent gender culture affects the gender gap in employment.”
• Politico-Economic Regimes and Attitudes: Female Workers under State Socialism (2019, background): “For a longer overview, see de Haan (2012) and Wolchik (1981).”