| Titre : | Roots of Gender Equality : the Persistent Effect of Beguinages on Attitudes Toward Women (2022) |
| Auteurs : | Èric Roca Fernández, Auteur ; Annalisa Frigo, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : Revues - Articles |
| Dans : | Journal of economic growth (Vol. 27 N°1, March 2022) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 91–148 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
[Eurovoc] DROIT > droits et libertés > droits sociaux > égalité homme-femme [Eurovoc] ÉCONOMIE > situation économique > développement économique [Eurovoc] GÉOGRAPHIE > Europe > Europe occidentale > Belgique [Eurovoc] QUESTIONS SOCIALES > culture et religion > religion [Eurovoc] SCIENCES > sciences humaines > sciences sociales > histoire |
| Résumé : | This paper is concerned with the historical roots of gender equality. It proposes and empirically assesses a new determinant of gender equality: gender-specific outside options in the marriage market. In particular, enlarging women’s options besides marriage—even if only temporarily—increases their bargaining power with respect to men, leading to a persistent improvement in gender equality. We illustrate this mechanism focusing on Belgium, and relate gender-equality levels in the 19th century to the presence of medieval, female-only communities called beguinages that allowed women to remain single amidst a society that traditionally advocated marriage. Combining geo-referenced data on beguinal communities with 19th-century census data, we document that the presence of beguinages contributed to decrease the gender gap in literacy. The reduction is sizeable, amounting to a 12.3% drop in gender educational inequality. Further evidence of the beguinal legacy is provided leveraging alternative indicators of female agency. |
| Doi : |
DOI : 10.1007/s10887-021-09198-7 
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| Axe de recherche : | Trajectoires de développement durable |
| En ligne : | https://uca.hal.science/hal-03499520 |
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