Replication data for: Children and Gender Inequality: Evidence from Denmark

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Henrik Kleven; Camille Landais; Jakob Egholt Søgaard

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Project Citation:

Kleven, Henrik, Landais, Camille, and Søgaard, Jakob Egholt. Replication data for: Children and Gender Inequality: Evidence from Denmark. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116366V1

Project Description

Summary: Using Danish administrative data, we study the impacts of children on gender inequality in the labor market. The arrival of children creates a long-run gender gap in earnings of around 20 percent driven by hours worked, participation, and wage rates. We identify mechanisms driving these "child penalties" in terms of occupation, sector, and firm choices. We find that the fraction of gender inequality caused by child penalties has featured a dramatic increase over the last three to four decades. Finally, we show that child penalties are transmitted through generations, from parents to daughters, suggesting an influence of childhood environment on gender identity.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Gender Inequality; Event Studies

JEL Classification:
      D63 Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
      J71 Labor Discrimination

Geographic Coverage: Denmark

Time Period(s): 1980 – 2013

Universe: All Danish parents who get their first child between 1985 and 2003.

Data Type(s): administrative records data

Methodology

Data Source: Administrative data from Statistics Denmark

Unit(s) of Observation: Individuals,

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