Women’s Work, Social Norms, and the Marriage Market
通过在印度在线婚姻市场平台上的实验，发现工作女性收到男性求爱者兴趣的可能性低12.8%，从事“男性化”职业的女性比“女性化”职业者低3.3%，且来自高种姓和印度北部的男性对工作女性兴趣更低，表明父权性别态度影响婚姻偏好并可能影响女性劳动选择。
We conduct an experiment to elicit preferences for partners on an online marriage market platform in India. We find that working women are 12.8% less likely to receive interest from male suitors. Additionally, women employed in “masculine” occupations are 3.3% less likely to elicit interest from suitors relative to those in “feminine” occupations. Men hailing from higher castes and northern India, where communities have more conservative gender-related preferences, are less likely to show interest in working women. Our results highlight the role of patriarchal gender attitudes in marital preferences and suggest that expectations regarding returns in the marriage market may influence women’s labor market choices.