This paper presents evidence of how attitudes toward gender roles in the home and market are shaped by Hofstede's six … ancestry. The approach focuses attention on how gender roles are shaped across generations within families. Both influences on … the father's and mother's side are studied. Ancestry from more masculine cultures shape more traditional gender roles on …

amplify the effects of policies and institutions. -- Career choice ; Career incentives ; Gender equality ; Household …

Throughout history and across countries, women appear more likely than men to enter politics at the heels of a close … relative or spouse. We provide a theoretical explanation for this dynastic bias in gender representation that integrates … candidate-level data from Ireland and Sweden support the idea that dynastic ties help women overcome a vote disadvantage in …

mediocre male party leadership can create incentives for gender imbalance and more incompetent men in office. The predictions …

We study shareholder support for corporate board nominees before and after the 2018 California gender quota. Pre …-quota, new female nominees received greater support than new male nominees, consistent with women being held to a higher standard …. Post-quota, as the number of women increased, support for new (mandated) female nominees decreased to the same level of …