Gender Role Attitudes and Couples' Labor Supply
The present study investigates the persistent gender inequality in labor market outcomes, with a particular focus on the role of parents’ labor supply decisions around child birth. We examine the role of gender role attitudes and tax-based economic incentives on these decisions, drawing on rich panel data from Germany and self-reported gender role attitudes. Our analysis shows that gender role attitudes are not associated with labor supply before birth, but they play a crucial role in the mother’s labor supply after the first child’s birth. We will utilize a dynamic structural model of labor supply decisions of households to disentangle the role of gender role attitudes and tax-based economic incentives. Our model incorporates heterogeneity in childcare allocation preferences and will allow us to simulate the short-term and long-term impact of various policy interventions.
Date: 17 May 2023, 17:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2023)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Nuffield College, Staircase L Conference room
Speaker: Christian Zimpelmann (IZA - Institute of Labor Economics)
Organising department: Department of Economics
Part of: Postdoctoral Fellows Seminar
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Daria Ihnatenko