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Materfamilias: the association of mother’s work on children’s absolute income mobility, Southern Sweden (1947–2015)

Brea-Martinez, Gabriel LU (2023) In European Review of Economic History 27(1). p.1-23
Abstract
This article examines the association of mothers’ income with children’s economic mobility in a period of increased women’s labor market participation in Sweden. I found that whether a mother was economically independent and had an income similar to that of the father during her children’s late childhood and adolescence positively associated with upward mobility. The results show a substantial association of mother’s income position to their daughters’ mobility, but not for sons’. Among the primary mechanisms, I argue that extra resources from mothers helped human capital investment through education and that mothers influenced daughters by a gendered role model.
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European Review of Economic History
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Oxford University Press
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1474-0044
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10.1093/ereh/heac010
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