The role of social norms in the employment status of Mexican women

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze social norms' role in Mexican women's employment status. To do so, we employ a probit model, considering three dependent variables, each corresponding to employment status: 1) Homemaker, 2) Part-time job, and 3) Full-time job. We use data from the seventh wave of the World Values ​​Survey. Social norms are divided into two groups: gender norms and work values. The analysis concludes that gender norms are associated with increases in the probability of being a homemaker. On the other hand, these norms are mostly associated with decreases in the probabilities of working part-time and full-time. Additionally, work values ​​are mostly associated with decreases in the probability of being a homemaker. On the other hand, these values ​​are mostly associated with increases in the probabilities of working part-time and full-time.