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Home | Events Archive | Spousal earnings and household dynamics: Evidence from a promotion reform
Seminar

Spousal earnings and household dynamics: Evidence from a promotion reform

  • Series
    Labor Seminars
  • Speaker(s)
    Erik Grönqvist (Uppsala University, Sweden)
  • Field
    Empirical Microeconomics
  • Location
    Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam, room 1.01
    Amsterdam
  • Date and time

    October 12, 2021
    16:00 - 17:00

This paper studies the impact of a substantial change in household relative wage on the reallocation of childcare time across parents. Our empirical strategy takes advantage of a promotion program for teachers, which led to a sudden and persistent 20 percent wage increase for promoted women and a 32 percent decrease in the couple's gender wage gap. Our findings suggest that female promotions lead to a more even division of childcare. Overall, these findings suggest that improved career opportunities for women can improve gender equality in the household.

Please send an email to Nadine Ketel or Paul Muller if you are interested to participate in this seminar (series).