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Culture an empirical investigation of beliefs, work, and fertility
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Books/Printed Material |
|---|---|
| Author | Fernandez, Raquel Fogli, Alessandra |
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Temporal Coverage | 2005 |
| Abstract | "We study the effect of culture on important economic outcomes by using the 1970 census to examine the work and fertility behavior of women born in the U.S. but whose parents were born elsewhere.We use past female labor force participation and total fertility rates from the country of ancestry as our cultural proxies.These variables should capture, in addition to past economic and institutional conditions, the beliefs commonly held about the role of women in society (i.e., culture).Given the different time and place, only the beliefs embodied in the cultural proxies should be potentially relevant.We show that these cultural proxies have positive and significant explanatory power for individual work and fertility outcomes, even after controlling for possible indirect effects of culture.We examine alternative hypotheses for these positive correlations and show that neither unobserved human capital nor networks are likely to be responsible"--Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis web site. |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, |
| Publisher Place | Minneapolis, Minn. |
| Part of Series | Catalog |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Children of Immigrants Culture Economic Aspects Employment Human Fertility United States Women |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Women--Employment--United States |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Fertility, Human--United States |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Children of immigrants--United States |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Culture--Economic aspects |
| Subject Domain (in LCC) | HB1 |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Book |
