Do female/male distinctions in language matter? Evidence from gender political quotas

Estefania Santacreu-Vasut, Amir Shoham and Victor Gay ()

Applied Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 20, issue 5, 495-498

Abstract: This article studies the determinants of gender political quota and enforcement sanctions, two key policy instruments for increasing female participation in politics. We find a novel empirical fact: language (the pervasiveness of gender distinctions in grammar) is the most significant related variable to quota adoption, more than traditional explanations such as economic development, political system and religion.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2012.714062

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