EEA Virtual Congress

Владимир Заболоцкий, стажер-исследователь МЦИИР, принял участие 35-ом конгрессе EEA (European Economic Association), который состоялся 24-28 августа. Владимир выступил с докладом “The Agricultural Origins of Gender Norms”, написанном в соавторстве с Екатериной Борисовой и Коеном Схоорсом.

Аннотация доклада:
We investigate the origins of cultural differences in gender norms by using sustainable genetic markers – Y-DNA haplogroups – associated with the spread of agriculture. We find that regions with a greater share of population of agricultural ancestry have lower female labor force participation rates and higher gender inequality. Residents of these regions are also more likely to have gender-discriminatory attitudes towards females. By contrast, regions where the hunting-gathering ancestry prevails have lower gender inequality and residents of these regions are less gender-biased. Results are robust both for the country-level and individual-level analysis, a rich set of control variables as well as to machine learning estimation procedures. Our results add to the discussion of how the issues of women’s agency should be addressed in regions with different agricultural past to achieve higher gender equality.

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