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The Intergenerational Transmission of World War I on Female Labour

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Demographic shocks tied to World War I’s high death toll induced many women to enter the labour force in the immediate post-war period. I document a positive impact of these newly employed women on the labour force participation of subsequent generations of women until today. I also find that the war permanently altered attitudes toward the role of women in the labour force. I decompose this impact into three channels of intergenerational transmission: transmission from mothers to daughters, transmission from mothers-in-law to daughters-in-law via their sons and transmission through local social interactions.

Source: The Economic Journal

DOI: 10.1093/ej/uead029

Author: Victor Gay

Institutions: Université de Toulouse, Université Toulouse Capitole

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funder: Agence Nationale de la Recherche