Slotwinski, Michaela and Stutzer, Alois. (2023) Women Leaving the Playpen: The Emancipating Role of Female Suffrage. The Economic Journal, 133 (650). pp. 812-844.
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Abstract
We study how political empowerment affected womenâEurotms emancipation as reflected in their life choices. The staggered introduction of female suffrage in Swiss states allows us to exploit the variation in the age at which women were exposed to the right to vote to estimate the differences in life choices between women who were socialised in a world with politically empowered women and those who were socialised before. Our empirical findings document that early exposure to female suffrage increased female labour force participation, weakened marital bonds and motivated human capital investment.
Faculties and Departments: | 06 Faculty of Business and Economics > Departement Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Professuren Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Politische Ökonomie (Stutzer) |
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UniBasel Contributors: | Stutzer, Alois and Slotwinski, Michaela |
Item Type: | Article, refereed |
Article Subtype: | Research Article |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
ISSN: | 0013-0133 |
e-ISSN: | 1468-0297 |
Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2023 16:38 |
Deposited On: | 08 Feb 2023 16:38 |
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