Seminar Changing Gender Norms across Generations: Evidence from a Paternity Leave Reform Econometrics/Applied Microeconomics Seminar Add to calendar 2022-10-17 11:00 2022-10-17 12:15 Europe/Rome Changing Gender Norms across Generations: Evidence from a Paternity Leave Reform Seminar Room 3rd Floor Villa La Fonte YYYY-MM-DD Print Share: Share on Facebook Share on BlueSky Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email Scheduled dates Oct 17 2022 11:00 - 12:15 CEST Seminar Room 3rd Floor, Villa La Fonte Organised by Department of Economics This seminar features a paper presentation by Professor Libertad González (Universitat Pompeu Fabra). Direct exposure to counter-stereotypical behaviours early in life has been put forward as a promising way to change gender norms across generations. We ask to which extent public policy designed to promote counter-stereotypical behaviour among parents influences gender norms for their children. Specifically, we combine the national-level introduction of paternity leave in Spain with a unique, large-scale lab-in-the-field experiment conducted with children born around the policy change. We provide causal evidence that, at age 12, children whose fathers were eligible for paternity leave exhibit more egalitarian attitudes towards gender roles and are more supportive of mothers and fathers being equally engaged in the labour market and in the home. They also engage more in counter-stereotypical day-to-day behaviours and expect to deviate from the male-breadwinner model in the future.