Publication type
Journal Article
Authors
Publication date
June 1, 2010
Abstract:
What determines human beings' political preferences? Using nationally representative longitudinal data, we show that having daughters makes people more likely to vote for left-wing political parties. Having sons leads people to favor right-wing parties. The paper checks that our result is not an artifact of family stopping rules, discusses the predictions from a simple economic model, and tests for possible reverse causality.
Published in
Review of Economics and Statistics
Volume
Volume: 92 (2): 213-227
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/rest.2010.11436
Subject
Notes
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