Plus Ça Change?: Evidence on Global Trends in Gender Norms and Stereotypes
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Gender norms and stereotypes that perpetuate inequality are deeply embedded in social and individual consciousness and are, as a result, resistant to change. Gender stratification theories propose that women’s control over material resources can increase bargaining power to leverage change in key institutions, prompting a shift to more equitable norms. By extension, policies that permit women to take on paid employment should serve as a fulcrum for gender equitable change. Is there any evidence to support this hypothesis? To test this requires a means to capture gender norms and stereotypes. The World Values Survey provides just such a mechanism, with a series of gender questions that span a 15-year period and more than 70 countries. This paper uses that data to analyze determinants of trends in norms and stereotypes over time and across countries.
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