Historical gender discrimination does not explain comparative Western European development: evidence from Portugal, 1300-1900

被引：6

作者：

Palma, Nuno ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Reis, Jaime ^{[2
]}

Rodrigues, Lisbeth ^{[4
,5
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Manchester, Manchester, England

[2] Univ Lisbon, Inst Ciencias Sociais, Lisbon, Portugal

[3] Ctr Econ Policy Res, London, England

[4] Univ Nova Lisboa, Nova Sch Business & Econ, Lisbon, Portugal

[5] Univ Lisbon, Lisbon Sch Econ & Management, GHES, CSG,ISEG, Lisbon, Portugal

来源：

EXPLORATIONS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY | 2023年 / 88卷

关键词：

Historical gender discrimination; Gender wage gap; Culture; Social norms; Comparative development; The Little Divergence; European Marriage Pattern; MALE-BREADWINNER FAMILY; EARLY-MODERN PERIOD; DIVISION-OF-LABOR; MARRIAGE PATTERN; MIDDLE-AGES; REAL WAGES; ENGLAND; DIVERGENCE; TRANSITION; MEDIEVAL;

D O I：

10.1016/j.eeh.2022.101481

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Gender discrimination has been pointed out as a determining factor behind the long-run diver-gence in incomes of Southern vis-a-vis Northwestern Europe. In this paper, we show that women in Portugal were not historically more discriminated against than those in other parts of Western Europe, including England and the Netherlands. We rely on a new dataset of thousands of ob-servations from archival sources covering six centuries, and we complement it with a qualitative discussion of comparative social norms. Compared with Northwestern Europe, women in Portu-gal faced similar gender wage gaps, married at similar ages, and did not face more restrictions on labor market participation. Consequently, other factors must have been responsible for the Little Divergence of Western European incomes.

引用

页数：15

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