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Henning Hermes
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🚨 Christmas WP Alert 🚨 New study explores the causal impact of correcting misperceived gender norms on mothers' employment attitudes and expectations. Using a field experiment with German mothers of young children, we find three key results: 📄👇 #EconSky

Henning Hermes
@henninghermes.com

Key result 1: Most mothers overestimate the conservativeness of gender norms in their city. An intervention providing accurate information reduced misperceptions by ~25% and shifted personal attitudes towards more maternal employment. #SocialNorms (Table 2) 📊

Henning Hermes
@henninghermes.com

Key result 2: The intervention also shifted mothers’ own attitudes towards a more liberal view on maternal employment (effect size ~25% of the control group mean). Effect more pronounced for mothers overestimating the conservativeness around them and those with overall moderate attitudes (Fig. 3+4)

Henning Hermes
@henninghermes.com

Key result 3: Attitude shifts are strongly linked to labor-market plans. Mothers in the treatment group were 18% more likely to plan increases in working hours. These shifts are notably stronger among mothers with access to childcare or partner involved in childcare. (Table 4) 📋

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