abstract: 'Studies for high-income countries have shown that the prescription that

  a man should earn more than his wife holds back women''s performance in

  the labour market, evidencing the importance of gender identity norms in

  explaining persistent gender gaps. Using data on couples in Uruguay for

  the period 1986-2016, this paper analyses behavioural responses to the

  male breadwinner norm, investigating the role of job informality as an

  additional mechanism of response to gender norms. My results show that

  the higher the probability that the wife earns more than her husband,

  the less likely she is to engage in a formal job, providing evidence

  that gender norms affect not only the quantity of labour supply (i.e.

  labour force participation and hours of work), but also the quality of

  jobs in which women are employed. Moreover, I also identify meaningful

  effects of the norm on men: those with lower potential earnings than

  their wives react to the norm by self-selecting into better-paid formal

  jobs. Not considering these effects would lead to underestimating the

  consequences of gender norms on labour market inequalities in the

  context of developing countries.'
affiliation: 'Galvan, E (Corresponding Author), Univ Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay.

  Galvan, Estefania, Univ Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay.'
author: Galvan, Estefania
author_list:
- family: Galvan
  given: Estefania
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/ecca.12401
earlyaccessdate: NOV 2021
eissn: 1468-0335
files: []
issn: 0013-0427
journal: ECONOMICA
keywords-plus: 'LABOR-MARKET; ROLE ATTITUDES; SOCIAL NORMS; GAP; PARTICIPATION;

  TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; WORK; TIME'
language: English
month: APR
number: '354'
number-of-cited-references: '44'
orcid-numbers: Galvan, Estefania/0000-0001-5710-0465
pages: 409-436
papis_id: a1fde1d8c97efc5ba48328ff97188794
ref: Galvan2022genderidentity
times-cited: '0'
title: Gender Identity and Quality of Employment
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000719326700001
usage-count-last-180-days: '4'
usage-count-since-2013: '17'
volume: '89'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2022'