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Title: The Effects of Sexism on American Women: The Role of Norms vs. Discrimination

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: We study how reported sexism in the population affects American women. Fixed-effects and TSLS estimates show that higher prevailing sexism where she was born (background sexism) and where she currently lives (residential sexism) both lower a woman's wages, labor force participation and ages of marriage and childbearing. We argue that background sexism affects outcomes through the influence of previously-internalized norms, and that estimated associations regarding specific percentiles and male versus female sexism suggest that residential sexism affects labor market outcomes through prejudice-based discrimination by men, and non-labor market outcomes through the influence of current norms of other women. * We thank seminar participants at the NBER, ASSA Meetings,

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Authors: Kofi Charles, Kerwin; Guryan, Jonathan; Pan, Jessica

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Publication Number: 2018-56

Institution: Becker Friedman Institute

Pages: 46

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Gender

Countries: United States