In this paper, I analyze the voting outcomes of two very similar Swiss referendum ballots concerning the federal … government’s competency to levy income, capital and turnover taxes to find out how the enfranchisement of women influences public … support for government spending. The first ballot took place shortly before the extension of suffrage to women in February …

In this paper, I challenge the notion that women prefer larger governments than men which is why extending the … franchise to women has led to an increase in government spending in many industrialized countries. I estimate the average … treatment effect of being female on support for government spending, by analyzing the voting outcomes of two similar Swiss …

Alienation to politics weakens political competition and can undermine the acceptance and legitimacy of democracy as a …

A cross-regional econometric analysis suggests that institutional factors in the form of direct democracy (via …

Alienation to politics weakens political competition and can undermine the acceptance and legitimacy of democracy as a …

experiment from Switzerland, I test this hypothesis empirically. I analyze the voting outcomes of two very similar referendum …Does the enfranchisement of women lead to an increase in public support for government spending? By utilizing a natural … place shortly before the extension of suffrage to women in February 1971, and the other thereafter. To shed light on the …

In spite of increasing representation of women in politics, little is known about their impact on policies. Comparing … differences in the underlying electorate. This paper uses a unique data set on voting decisions to sheds new light on gender gaps … in policy making. Our analysis focuses on Switzerland, where all citizens can directly decide on a broad range of …

Using the spatial theory of voting, this paper describes an institutional structure where there are two branches of the …

I exploit the unique institution of gender-segregated voting booths in Chile, allowingthe use of actual voting data … negative genderbias: women overall are less likely than men to vote for female candidates. The effect ismainly driven by center …