Female Teachers’ Effect on Their Pupils’ Voting Behavior and Views on Female Labor Force Participation

Democracy Comes to Europe: Franchise Extension and Fiscal Outcomes 1830–1938

Eiji Yamamura ()

CESifo Economic Studies, 2022, vol. 68, issue 2, 155-183

Abstract: Using independently collected individual-level data, this study examines the influence of learning in a female teacher homeroom class in elementary school on pupils’ future voting behavior. Furthermore, it evaluates the female teacher’s effect on their preference for women’s participation in the workplace in adulthood. We find that having a female teacher in the first year of school makes individuals more likely to vote for female candidates and prefer female labor participation policies in adulthood. However, this effect is only observed among male pupils. These findings offer new evidence for the female socialization hypothesis. (JEL codes: D72, D78, J16, and I21)

Keywords: gender difference; female socialization; teacher–student gender matches; voting behavior; election; female candidate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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