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Brown Bag seminar in Economics | Shubhaa Bhattacharyya

Welcome to the Brown Bag Seminar in Economics organized by the Department of Economics, SSE. The seminar speaker is Shubhaa Bhattacharyya, SSE.

Welcome to the Brown Bag Seminar in Economics organized by the Department of Economics, SSE. The seminar speaker is Shubhaa Bhattacharyya, SSE who will present "Cultural Norms and the Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants"

Abstract

This paper examines the influence of childhood cultural exposure on educational and occupational outcomes, with a particular focus on gender norms and self-expression. By combining the epidemiological approach with a mover design, I leverage rich administrative data on immigrant households to estimate the effects of cultural assimilation. Using variation in exposure to the culture of the country of origin among same-sex immigrant siblings, I explore how country-specific differences in gendered beliefs impact educational segregation, particularly in major choice. I further assess how collectivist cultural norms influence occupational choice, studying whether siblings exposed to different cultural environments pursue careers with varying occupational prestige. The analysis also extends to household-level decisions such as parental leave preferences and income disparities between older and younger female siblings, allowing me to estimate the childbirth penalty. Lastly, I compare immigrant siblings' labor market performance to that of native-born peers to observe possible misallocation of talent, which shapes our understanding of how ingrained cultural norms can shape labor market outcomes across generations.

Shubhaa Bhattacharyya is a Ph.D. student at SSE, in the Department of Economics. 

This seminar takes place at Stockholm School of Economics, Sveavägen 65, in room Torsten.

Please contact kathrine.abelson@hhs.se if you have any questions.

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