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Women and Budget Deficits Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Signe Krogstrup () (IUHEI, The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva )
Sébastien Wälti ()
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If women have different economic preferences than men, then female economic and political empowerment is likely to change policy and household decisions, and in turn macroeconomic outcomes. We test the hypothesis that female enfranchisement leads to lower government budget deficits due gender differences in preferences over fiscal outcomes. Estimating the impact of women's vote on budget deficits in a differences-in-differences regression for Swiss cantonal panel data, we find that including women in the electorate reduces average per capita budget deficits by a statistically significant amount.
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Keywords: Budget deficits Economics-of-gender enfranchisement fiscal policy women time preference altruism Other versions of this item:
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