intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes and norms as determinants of women's labour force participation in industrialized … countries. This paper discusses the measurement of gender attitudes and reviews research findings. Studies reveal that gender …. Mothers' egalitarian views and less-restrictive gender norms promote greater labour force participation for daughters and …

We argue that individualism promotes gender equality. Individualist values of autonomy and self-determination transcend … gender identities and serve to legitimize women's goals and choices. In contrast, collectivist values may subordinate women …'s personal goals to their social obligations, generating greater acceptance of gender inequality. Using individual level data …

dynamic and subversion of gender stereotype …

This paper investigates the gender-selection decisions of immigrants in the United Kingdom, using data from the 1971 …–2006 General Household Survey. We examine sex-selection in the UK among immigrant families and the gender composition of previous …

force participation of the wife of her son. These results indicate that the transmission of gender role attitudes …

-countries, we find that the positive association between the female-male gender gap in math test scores (which on average favors … boys) and alternative measures of gender equality vanishes in OECD countries once we account for country fixed effects. Our … relationship between the gender gap in math and female empowerment. Interestingly, our analysis for non-OECD countries uncovers a …

established a segregation of sex functions between male and female individuals provides insight into the concept of gender …

This study establishes the influence of sex-based grammatical gender on gendered violence. We demonstrate a … are consistent with the theoretical possibility that gendered language activates gender schemata in the minds of speakers …, increasing the salience of gender distinctions and existing gender norms which legitimize gendered violence. …

gender role model. Controlling for a number of individual and household characteristics, we show that participation in the …