Working Papers in Economics
No 352:
Do attitudes toward gender equality really differ between Norway and Sweden?
Niklas Jakobsson ()
and Andreas Kotsadam ()
Abstract: Using survey data from Norway and Sweden, we assess
people’s attitudes towards gender equality. Previous studies argue that
these attitudes are more egalitarian in Sweden than in Norway. Similar to
previous research, we find that Swedes are more positive towards gender
equality in general. However, we find no differences regarding views on
egalitarian sharing of household responsibilities, and Norwegians are
actually more supportive of government intervention to increase gender
equality. This suggests that the lower support for gender equality in
Norway is less robust than previously thought and that there is a larger
scope for advancing the gender revolution in Norway via government policies
than in Sweden.
Keywords: attitudes; norms; gender equality; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: I20; Z13; (follow links to similar papers)
27 pages, April 6, 2009
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Jakobsson, Niklas and Andreas Kotsadam, 'Do attitudes toward gender equality really differ between Norway and Sweden?', Journal of European Social policy.
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