Asiedu, ElizabethAzomahou, Theophile T.Getachew, YosephYitbarek, Eleni2022-01-242022-01-242021-11Asiedu, E., Azomahou, T.T., Getachew, Y. et al. 2021, 'Share the love : parental bias, women empowerment and intergenerational mobility', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 191, pp. 846-867.0167-268110.1016/j.jebo.2021.09.039http://hdl.handle.net/2263/83428This study provides empirical evidence and develops a model that captures the complex intra-household bargaining interactions and gender-based intergenerational occupational mobility. Using panel data from Nigeria, our estimates show that greater intra-household female bargaining power leads to greater intergenerational occupational mobility for sons more than daughters. Similarly, the median age at first marriage has a positive impact on occupational mobility for both daughters and sons. However, benefit is larger for sons. In the model, parental gender bias is modeled as non-pecuniary (psychic) cost – a representation of parents’ pessimistic attitude towards their children’s adulthood outcomes – which negatively affects the marginal benefit of investing in children’s human capital. The decision of parents is critical in determining children’s mobility and becomes the basis of gender-based differences in human capital investment and intergenerational persistence.en© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Occupation mobilityPsychic costGender biasWomen bargaining powerNigeriaArticle