The intergenerational effect and change of maternal employment – case study on women from birth cohorts of 1953-1963, 1964-1976, and 1977-1983

• Main Authors: Shih-Yu Huang, 黃仕妤
• Other Authors: 駱明慶
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/83rcez

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 經濟學研究所 === 105 === Using data from the birth cohorts of 1953-1963, 1964-1976, and 1977-1983 of PSFD, we analyze how the gender role image of maternal employment in these birth-cohort women’s adolescence affects their later labor supply and the way they divided paid and unpaid labor within households. The result significantly indicates that 1977-1983 birth-cohort women brought up by employed mothers are more likely to be employed, work more hours, and earn higher wages. And the share of household income earned by the wife brought up by employed mothers are also significantly higher. However there is no difference in unpaid labor household division between those married women whether if brought up by employed mothers or not. Furthermore, we also find that such above effect of maternal employment exists significantly only when parents’ educational level are both higher and getting closer at the same time. It means parents’ gender role attitude and relative status in household are the determinant factors of the significant intergenerational effect of maternal employment.