Causes and Consequences of Sex-Role Attitudes and Attitude Change

Thornton, Arland; Alwin, Duane F.; Camburn, Donald

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“…Bolzendahl and Myers (2004) found that religious attendance was consistently negatively related to several indicators of feminist attitudes between 1974 and 1998, and conclude that "greater religiosity produces greater attachment to traditional outlooks on gender roles" (p. 777). Indeed, various other studies have also found religiosity to be associated with less support for emancipated gender roles (Guiso, Sapienza, & Zingales, 2003;Thornton, Alwin, & Camburn, 1983). It is not surprising that along with secularization, considerable changes have been registered in attitudes towards women's roles in the last 3 decades (Fortin, 2005;McDaniel, 2010).…”

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Comparing the gender gap in educational attainment: the impact of emancipatory contexts in 33 cohorts across 33 countries

Hek

Kraaykamp

Wolbers

2016

Educational Research and Evaluation

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Nowadays, women outperform men in educational attainment in many countries. Still, large variation between countries remains. Emancipatory contexts in which individuals are raised might explain these differences in male-female educational attainment, both over time and across countries. This study examines individual and contextual factors that affect educational attainment of men and women for cohorts born between 1950 and 1982 across 33 countries. Possible explanations for differentiation over time and across countries relate to women's labour market participation and an emancipatory normative climate, indicated by degree of religiosity. We employ multilevel models on data (N = 138,498) from 6 waves of the European Social Survey and the US General Social Survey (2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012) to test our hypotheses. Results show that a higher level of female labour market participation in early adolescence improves women's performance in education, whereas high levels of religiosity during that phase negatively affect women's educational attainment.

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Comparing the gender gap in educational attainment: the impact of emancipatory contexts in 33 cohorts across 33 countries

Hek

Kraaykamp

Wolbers

2016

Educational Research and Evaluation

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“…Finally, gender role theory states that traditional views on gender roles may impose limits to the financial management options of women (Thornton et al 1983;Lundberg and Polak 1996;Kenney 2006). In families with more traditional values, household finances are more likely to be characterized by the allowance system or by the male controlled pooling system, as handling money is traditionally regarded a male task (Tichenor 1999).…”

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Does Who Decides Really Matter? Causes and Consequences of Personal Financial Management in the Case of Larger and Structural Charitable Donations

Wiepking

Bekkers

2010

Voluntas

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We study causes and consequences of financial management in households in the specific case of charitable giving. We test hypotheses using couples in the Giving in the Netherlands Panel Study (n = 1,101). We find that more relationship specific investments lead to deciding on charitable giving as one economic actor. Furthermore, we find that the partner with the highest relative educational resources has most decision making power over charitable donations. Separately deciding couples are smallest charitable donors. Households in which the male partner decides are largest charitable donors when only larger and more structural donations are considered. This can be explained by their more conservative religious denomination.Résumé Notre étude porte sur les causes et les conséquences de la gestion financière des ménages pour le cas spécifique des dons caritatifs. Nous testons des hypothèses à travers un panel de quelques couples des Pays-Bas (GINPS) en matière de dons (n = 1,101). Nous trouvons que davantage d'investissements spécifiques relationnels conduisent à prendre en compte le don caritatif en tant qu'acteur économique. En outre, nous trouvons que le conjoint au revenu le plus élevé détient le plus de pouvoir décisionnel quand il s'agit de faire des dons de charité. Les couples qui prennent les décisions séparément sont les donateurs les plus modestes. Lorsque des dons structurels importants sont envisagés, les ménages dans lesquels l'homme prend les décisions sont les donateurs les plus généreux. Une confession religieuse conservatrice peut venir expliquer cette conduite. Resumen Hemos estudiado las causas y las consecuencias de la administración económica de los hogares en el caso específico de las donaciones caritativas. Probamos diversas hipótesis con parejas dentro del Estudio del Panel de las Donaciones en los Países Bajos (n = 1,101). El resultado es que las inversiones específicas de relación llevan a decidir sobre las donaciones caritativas como un actor económico. Asimismo, hemos descubierto que el cónyuge con más recursos educativos tiene más poder de decisión sobre las donaciones caritativas. Las parejas que deciden por separado son donantes de menor envergadura, mientras que los hogares en los que decide el cónyuge masculino son donantes de más envergadura, solo cuando se tienen en cuenta más y mayores donativos estructurales. Esto puede explicarse por su carácter religioso más conservador.

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“…As gender role preferences are established early in life (see, e.g., Thornton, Alwin, and Camburn, 1983) while children are exposed mainly to their parents as role models, the mother's labor market status may affect the acceptance of working women in the next generation. Hence, the argument suggests that the labor market status of a mother serves as a determinant of a man's attitude toward an employed wife.…”

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Revisiting ‘mothers and sons’ preference formation and the female labor force in Switzerland

Bütikofer

2013

Labour Economics

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This paper analyzes the interrelation between men's gender role attitudes and female labor supply decision. Following Fernández, Fogli, and Olivetti (2004), I argue that the recent increases in the female labor market participation rate are driven by the growing proportion of men who were brought up in a family with a working mother. First, the paper reexamines the results of the cross-section analysis of Fernández, Fogli, and Olivetti (2004) using the Swiss Household Panel 2005 to illustrate that married women whose mothers-in-law were working are themselves significantly more likely to be in the labor force. In a second step, the paper attempts to test one of their model's crucial mechanisms and show that the effect of a wife's labor market integration on her husband's well-being diverges depending on the former labor market status of his mother. Taken together, this evidence can be interpreted as varying preferences for women with high labor market integration due to exposure to certain sexual stereotypes early in life.JEL Codes: J22, I31, J12

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Causes and Consequences of Sex-Role Attitudes and Attitude Change

Cited by 490 publications

References 22 publications

Comparing the gender gap in educational attainment: the impact of emancipatory contexts in 33 cohorts across 33 countries

Comparing the gender gap in educational attainment: the impact of emancipatory contexts in 33 cohorts across 33 countries

Does Who Decides Really Matter? Causes and Consequences of Personal Financial Management in the Case of Larger and Structural Charitable Donations

Revisiting ‘mothers and sons’ preference formation and the female labor force in Switzerland

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