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Why Have Women Become Left-Wing? The Political Gender Gap and the Decline in Marriage

Edlund, L., Pande, R.·2002·The Quarterly Journal of Economics
DOI 10.1162/003355302760193922
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The last three decades have witnessed the rise of a pohtical gender gap in the United States wherein more women than men favor the Democratic party. We trace this development to the decline in marriage, which we posit has made men richer and women poorer. Data for the United States support this argument. First, there is a strong positive correlation between state divorce prevalence and the political gender gap—higher divorce prevalence reduces support for the Democrats among men but not women. Second, longitudinal data show that following marriage (divorce), women are less (more) likely to support the Democratic party.

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Authors
Edlund, L., & Pande, R.
Venue
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2002-08-01
Volume
117
Issue
3
Pages
917-961
ISSN
  • 0033-5533 (ISSN-L)
  • 1531-4650
DOI
10.1162/003355302760193922
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454
References
60
FWCI
29.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
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