Female Socialization: How Daughters Affect Their Legislator Fathers

Ebonya L. Washington

American Economic Review, 2008, vol. 98, issue 1, 311-32

Abstract: Parenting daughters, sociologists have shown, increases feminist sympathies. I test the hypothesis that children, much like neighbors or peers, can influence parental behavior. I demonstrate that conditional on total number of children, each daughter increases a congressperson's propensity to vote liberally, particularly on reproductive rights issues. The results identify an important (and previously omitted) explanatory variable in the literature on congressional decision making. Additionally the paper highlights the relevance of child-to-parent behavioral influence. (JEL D72, D83, J16)

JEL-codes: D72 D83 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
Note: DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.1.311
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