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American Economic Review: Vol. 98 No. 1 (March 2008)
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Female Socialization: How Daughters Affect Their Legislator Fathers
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Washington, Ebonya L. 2008. "Female Socialization: How Daughters Affect Their Legislator Fathers."
American Economic Review,
98(1): 311-32.
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.1.311
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.1.311
Abstract
Parenting daughters, sociologists have shown, increases feminist sympathies.
I test the hypothesis that children, much like neighbors or peers, can influence
parental behavior. I demonstrate that conditional on total number of children,
each daughter increases a congressperson's propensity to vote liberally, particularly
on reproductive rights issues. The results identify an important (and
previously omitted) explanatory variable in the literature on congressional
decision making. Additionally the paper highlights the relevance of child-to-parent
behavioral influence. (JEL D72, D83, J16)
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Washington, Ebonya L. (Yale U)
JEL Classifications
D72: Models of Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
D83: Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief
J16: Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
D83: Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief
J16: Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
