Calendrier du 04 juin 2024
Virtual Development Economics Seminar
Du 04/06/2024 de 17:00 à 18:00
Zoom
CATTANEO CRISTINA Orazio ((Yale University and CEPR))
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Applied Economics Lunch Seminar
Du 04/06/2024 de 12:30 à 13:30
Salle R2.21
OLIVEIRA Florentine (PSE)
Children of the Revolution: Women's Liberation and Children's Success
écrit avec Éric Maurin
In many countries, the late sixties marked a turning point in the history of women’s emancipation, with the liberalization of abortion, the contraceptive pill and divorce. Focusing on France, where the movement was particularly powerful, we show that the first children to have been affected by this revolution were the firstborns of the early 1960s: they grew up much more often in "modern" families (two children max, working mother) than children of higher birth orders born at the same time in other families. However, this sudden change in family environment did not coincide with any decline in their educational achievement.