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Abstract
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This study aims to build upon a previous studies looking at the effects of social norms on women working [Alkhuzam et al., 2023; Bursztyn et al., 2020; Cortés et al., 2022].
Social norms influence individual opinions and behaviours, acting as a reference point when making decisions. Like in much of the world, women remain the dominate providers of childcare in Australia, despite increases in gender equity across other aspects of life. We conduct a study in which individuals’ first and second-order beliefs are elicited in response to a vignette scenario, to gauge support for working mothers. First order beliefs are used to infer the social norms, and second order beliefs are used to infer peoples’ belief on these social norms. Our objective is to see whether there are misperceptions of social norms and whether there are gender and SES differences in beliefs. We also aim to understand whether providing participants, who misperceive the social norms, with accurate information about their peers’ opinions can shift individual attitudes towards working mothers. Furthermore, we aim to see whether information treatment has an impact on untargeted related and unrelated beliefs.
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This study aims to build upon a previous studies looking at the effects of social norms on women working [Alkhuzam et al., 2023; Bursztyn et al., 2020; Cortés et al., 2022].
Social norms influence individual opinions and behaviours, acting as a reference point when making decisions. Like in much of the world, women remain the dominate providers of childcare in Australia, despite increases in gender equity across other aspects of life. We conduct a study in which individuals’ first and second-order beliefs are elicited, to gauge support for working mothers. First order beliefs are used to infer the social norms, and second order beliefs are used to infer peoples’ belief on these social norms. Our objective is to see whether there are misperceptions of social norms and whether there are gender and SES differences in beliefs. We also aim to understand whether providing participants, who misperceive the social norms, with accurate information about their peers’ opinions can shift individual attitudes towards working mothers. Furthermore, we aim to see whether information treatment has an impact on untargeted related and unrelated beliefs.
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