Family Structure and the Education Gender Gap: Evidence from Italian Provinces

Graziella Bertocchi () and Monica Bozzano

No 8347, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the influence of family structure. We capture the latter with two indicators: residential habits (nuclear vs. complex families) and inheritance rules (partition vs. primogeniture). After controlling for economic, institutional, religious, and cultural factors, we find that over the 1861-1901 period family structure is a driver of the education gender gap, with a higher female to male enrollment rate ratio in upper primary schools being associated with nuclear residential habits and equal partition of inheritance. We also find that only the effect of inheritance rules persists over the 1971-2001 period.

Keywords: education gender gap; Italian Unification; family types; inheritance; institutions; religion; convergence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E02 H75 I25 J16 N33 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2014-07
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Published - revised version published in: CESifo Economic Studies, Special Issue on the Determinants of Gender Gaps, 2015, 61, 263-300

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Journal Article: Family Structure and the Education Gender Gap: Evidence from Italian Provinces (2015)
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