Daughters and left-wing voting

This paper provides evidence that daughters make people more left-wing. Having sons, by contrast, makes them more right-wing. Parents, politicians and voters are probably not aware of this phenomenon - nor are social scientists. The paper discusses its economic and evolutionary roots. It also speculates on where research might lead. The paper ends with a conjecture: left-wing individuals are people who come from families into which, over recent past generations, many females have been born.

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	Oswald, Andrew J. ; Powdthavee, Nattavudh
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	Kinder \| Geschlecht \| Eltern \| Wahlverhalten \| Politisches Ziel \| Großbritannien \| voting \| gender \| daughters \| political preferences \| attitudes

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 2103
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	511408463 [GVK] hdl:10419/33453 [Handle]
Classification:	D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics ; D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior ; H1 - Structure and Scope of Government ; J7 - Discrimination
Source:	EconStor