Mothers, Peers, and Gender-Role Identity
研究美国青少年时期同伴母亲的工作行为如何影响女性成年后的劳动供给，发现同伴母亲的工作参与会通过改变女性对工作与家庭冲突的感知来影响其劳动决策。
Abstract We study whether a woman’s labor supply as a young adult is shaped by the work behavior of her adolescent peers’ mothers. Using detailed information on a sample of U.S. teenagers who are followed over time, we find that labor force participation of high school peers’ mothers affects adult women’s labor force participation, above and beyond the effect of their own mothers. The analysis suggests that women who were exposed to a larger number of working mothers during adolescence are less likely to feel that work interferes with family responsibilities. This perception, in turn, is important for whether they work when they have children.