Values of gender equality and specialization: Differences between EU regions

Eduardo Quispe Salazar

Spain

Fundación Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Carlos San Juan Mesonada

Spain

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Departamento de Economía.

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Submitted: 2016-08-22

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Accepted: 2017-05-30

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Published: 2017-06-21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7201/earn.2017.01.03
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Equality, gender, values

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Acción estratégica en Economía Europea y Recursos Naturales por su financiación 2009/00426/002.

Abstract:

We empirically contrast the Boserup hypothesis for the regions of the European Union. We relate the dominant productive orientation in each region (plough, hoe, animal) with indicators of gender equality: female participation in management positions, in primary education, in higher education, in the labor market and the average hourly wage. Using a Probit model we find that, consistently with the hypothesis, there is a negative relationship between indicators and plough agriculture. Additionally, we prove that livestock-oriented regions also generate less egalitarian gender values than hoe-oriented regions.
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