Materfamilias: the association of mother’s work on children’s absolute income mobility, Southern Sweden (1947–2015)
(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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- Brea-Martinez, Gabriel LU
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- publishing date
- 2023
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- European Review of Economic History
- volume
- 27
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 1 - 23
- publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 1474-0044
- DOI
- 10.1093/ereh/heac010
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 30e0a2d2-a5b0-43a7-adf7-6de9660b8242
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