Do Female/Male Distinctions in Language Matter? Evidence from Gender Political Quotas

Victor Gay (), Estefania Santacreu-Vasut () and Amir Shoham
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Estefania Santacreu-Vasut: ESSEC Business School
Amir Shoham: Temple University [Philadelphia] - Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE)

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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.

Keywords: culture; gender quotas; grammar; development; language (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Published in Applied Economics Letters, 2013, 20 (5), pp.495-498. ⟨10.1080/13504851.2012.714062⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2012.714062

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