Pamela Campa|Alessandra Casarico|Paola Profeta
Gender Culture and Gender Gap in Employment
Ifo Institute for Economic Research|Bocconi University|Policy Analysis (United States)|Ifo Institute for Economic Research|Bocconi University|Policy Analysis (United States)
paper analyzes extent gender culture affects gender gap employment drawing italian data measure culture building two indices one based individual attitudes done existing literature one based firms attitudes firms beliefs express set ideas values norms though generally neglected important individuals attitudes explain female balor market outcomes using instrumental variable analysis show index gender culture based firms attitudes significant explaining gender gap employment italian provinces show holds culture measured reference individual attitudes