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Title: Essays in Applied Microeconomics

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: This dissertation consists of three essays in labor economics and political economy. Chapter 1 studies the relative decrease of college graduate women’s marriage rates in developed Asian countries—the “Gold Miss” phenomenon. Using a dynamic model, I show that this phenomenon can be explained by the interaction of rapid economic growth combined with the intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes. I test the implications of the model using three datasets: Japanese General Social Survey, American Time Use Survey, and the Census. First, in the Japanese data, I find a positive relationship between a mother’s education (and employment) and her son’s gender attitudes. Second, in the U.S., housework time of Asian women is inversely related to the female labor force participation rate in husband’s country of origin. Lastly, college . . .

Url: https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/12362597/Hwang_gsas.harvard_0084L_10851.pdf?sequence=4

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Authors: Hwang, Jisoo

Institution: Harvard University

Department: Economics

Advisor: Claudia Goldin

Degree: PhD

Publisher Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Topics: Family and Marriage, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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