TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Brenøe, Anne Ardila
        TI  - Origins of Gender Norms: Sibling Gender Composition and Women's Choice of Occupation and Partner
        PY  - 2018/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11692
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp11692
        AB  - I examine how one central aspect of the childhood family environment – sibling gender composition – affects women's gender conformity, measured through their choice of occupation and partner. Using Danish administrative data, I causally estimate the effect of having a second-born brother relative to a sister for first-born women. The results show that women with a brother acquire more traditional gender norms with negative consequences for their labor earnings. I provide evidence of increased gender-specialized parenting in families with mixed-sex children, suggesting a stronger transmission of traditional gender norms. Finally, I find indications of persistent effects to the next generation of girls.
        KW  - occupational choice
KW  - sibling gender
KW  - gender identity
KW  - family formation
        ER  -