Men, women, and the ballot: Gender imbalances and suffrage extensions in the United States
Sebastian Braun and
Michael Kvasnicka
Explorations in Economic History, 2013, vol. 50, issue 3, 405-426
Abstract:
Women's suffrage led to one of the greatest enfranchisements in history. Voting rights, however, were not won by force or threats thereof, a fact leading political economy theories find hard to explain. Studying the timing of suffrage extensions in US states between 1869 and 1919, we find that a scarcity of women strongly promoted early transitions to women's suffrage. Such scarcity significantly reduced the political costs and risks for male grantors of the suffrage. It might also have made women's suffrage attractive as a means to attract more women.
Keywords: Woman suffrage; Democratization; Political economy; Power sharing; Sex ratio (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 J16 K10 N41 N42 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2013.04.001
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