Female voting power: the contribution of women’s suffrage to the growth of social spending in Western Europe (1869–1960)

By Toke S. Aidt, Bianca Dallal. 2008

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Political Science and International Relations

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Path Shifting of the Welfare State: Electoral Competition and the Expansion of Work-Family Policies in Western Europe (2013, background): “153 abrams and Settle 1999; aidt and Dallal 2008.”
The taxman tools up: An event history study of the introduction of the personal income tax (2009, background): “Except in Germany, Finland, Australia and Belgium women's suffrage was introduced after the adoption of the income tax (see, e.g., Aidt and Dallal, 2008 ).”
The Economics and Politics of Women's Rights (2012, result): “A similar pattern has been observed in six Western European countries between 1869 and 1960 (Aidt and Dallal 2008). Abrams and Settle (1999) use OECD data between 1960 17Not only different preferences for children, but also difference in the opportunity cost of childbearing may explain why empowerin”
Gender Gaps in Policy Making: Evidence from Direct Democracy in Switzerland (2008, result): “While for the United States, women’s suffrage might have increased state level spending (Lott and Kenny, 1999; Miller, 2008, reports an insignificant estimate), results for Europe are mixed (Aidt et al., 2006; Aidt and Dallal, 2008; Bertocchi, 2011).”
Tax structure, size of government, and the extension of the voting franchise in Western Europe, 1860–1938 (2009, background): “39 Aidt and Dallal (2008) show that when the delayed impact on women’s election turnout is taken into account, women’s suffrage did have the expected positive impact on social spending in western Europe, as it had in US states (Lott and Kenny 1999).”