The "Parenthood, Identity, and Work" project explores the dynamics between parenting and labor market participation. The main objective is to understand the role that identity plays in these significant choices in the attachment of mothers and fathers to the labor market, focusing on pre-birth expectations compared to post-birth reality and how these expectations can be influenced by identity and social norms.
To do so, we are collecting data on two sub-samples of the population of the Metropolitan Area of Bologna: parents waiting for their first-born, and parents with their first-born up to 6 years.
Research team: Francesca Barigozzi, Natalia Montinari, Sveva Vitellozzi
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The project explores whether the breadwinner strain differently influences men’s and women's economic behavior, and to what extent this effect is mediated by (poor) mental health through a (framed) lab-in-the-field experiment targeting married, smallholder farmers in rural Kenya.
Research team: Piero Ronzani, Sveva Vitellozzi