RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cultural Norms and Neighborhood Exposure
JF Journal of Human Resources
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 1893
OP 1936
DO 10.3368/jhr.0920-11188R2
VO 59
IS 6
A1 Bergvall, Sanna
YR 2024
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/59/6/1893.abstract
AB This work investigates the interaction between cultural norms and neighborhood characteristics, in the context of the gender gap in math. Using high‐quality Swedish administrative data, I estimate the effect of mothers’ country‐of‐origin gender norms on the gender gap in math among second‐generation immigrant siblings and exploit a refugee placement policy to obtain random variation in regional characteristics. I find that the sibling gender gap in math increases with cultural gender norms, such that girls with mothers from more gender‐traditional cultures perform worse compared to their brothers, but that local labor market gender equality can completely mitigate this cultural norm effect.