Empowerment or Indoctrination? Women Centers Under Dictatorship

Felipe Gonzalez, Mounu Prem and Cristine von Dessauer
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Felipe Gonzalez: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Abstract: Autocrats aim to control social organizations to suppress dissent and spread their ideology. We investigate the case of women centers under the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile (1973-1990). Centers were controlled by conservative military to promote the role of women as mothers and housewives, but also offered training programs to generate income. We find that the centers incentivized women to join the labor market without affecting their political or religious identities. Decades after dictatorship, these centers are still associated with higher female labor force participation, both among directly exposed women and also among their daughters.

Date: 2023-11-28
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