The causes of people's political attitudes are largely unknown. We study this issue by exploiting longitudinal data on … voting is driven partly by human self-interest. Money apparently makes people more right-wing. …

born. -- voting ; gender ; daughters ; political preferences ; attitudes …This paper provides evidence that daughters make people more left-wing. Having sons, by contrast, makes them more right …

This paper provides evidence that daughters make people more left-wing. Having sons, by contrast, makes them more right …

This article examines the hypothesis that having daughters polarises male politicians' attitudes toward abortion rights …. Using French and U.S voting records, I estimate that having daughters decreases support for abortion law by 25% for right …

socioeconomic background. I show that voting and political opinions are better predicted by personality and economic preferences … than by a rich set of socioeconomic characteristics. Personality differences also explain large parts of the gender and … education gaps in voting and ideology. The detailed survey data and large number of parties represented in Dutch parliament …

attitudes. While intergenerational associations in attitudes towards immigration are equally high for sons and daughters, we …-wing preferences and attitudes towards immigration. Using longitudinal data from Germany, our intergenerational estimates suggest that … find a positive intergenerational transmission of right-wing extremist party affinity for sons, but not for daughters …