TY  - JOUR
AU  - Fernandez,Raquel
TI  - Women, Work, and Culture
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 12888
PY  - 2007
Y2  - February 2007
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w12888
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w12888.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Raquel Fernández
Department of Economics
New York University
19 West 4th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY  10012
Tel: 212/998-8908
Fax: 212/995-4186
E-Mail: raquel.fernandez@nyu.edu
AB  - This paper discusses some recent advances in the area of culture and economics and examines the effect of culture on a key economic outcome: female labor supply.  To separate the effect of market variables and institutions from culture, I use an epidemiological approach, studying second-generation American women.  I use both female LFP and attitudes in the women's country of ancestry as cultural proxies and show that both cultural proxies have quantitatively significant effects on women's work outcomes.  The paper concludes with some suggestions for future empirical and theoretical research topics in this area.
ER  -