TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Huynh, Quynh
AU  - Ku, Hyejin
        TI  - Gender Norms and Female Labor Supply: Evidence from Export Shocks in Vietnam
        PY  - 2025/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17911
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp17911
        AB  - We examine the relationship between economic development and female labor force participation, with a focus on the impact of gender norms. Analyzing quasi-random variation in provincial exports in reunified Vietnam from 2002 to 2018, we find that a positive economic shock led to a significant decline in women’s labor market engagement, particularly among married women from wealthier households and those with husbands in more skilled occupations. This trend is more pronounced in the South (formerly capitalist) than in the North (always socialist), and among native Southerners compared to Northerners relocated to the South after the war. Our findings highlight the importance of gender role attitudes in shaping women’s responses to rising incomes.
        KW  - gender role attitudes
KW  - social norms
KW  - female labor force participation
KW  - income and substitution effects
KW  - trade liberalization
        ER  -