| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP6401 |
| DP6401 The Deterrent Effects of Prison: Evidence from a Natural Experiment | |
| Francesco Drago; roberto galbiati; Pietro Vertova | |
| 发表日期 | 2007-07-27 |
| 出版年 | 2007 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We offer a rationale for the decision to extend the franchise to women within a politico-economic model where men are richer than women, women display a higher preference for public goods, and women?s disenfranchisement carries a societal cost. We first derive the tax rate chosen by the male median voter when women are disenfranchised. Next we show that, as industrialization raises the reward to mental labour relative to physical labour, women?s relative wage increases. When the cost of disenfranchisement becomes higher than the cost of the higher tax rate which applies under universal enfranchisement, the male median voter is better off extending the franchise to women. A consequent expansion of the size of government is only to be expected in societies with a relatively high cost of disenfranchisement. We empirically test the implications of the model over the 1870-1930 period. We proxy the gender wage gap with the level of per capita income and the cost of disenfranchisement with the presence of Catholicism, which is associated with a more traditional view of women?s role and thus a lower cost. The gender gap in the preferences for public goods is proxied by the availability of divorce, which implies marital instability and a more vulnerable economic position for women. Consistently with the model?s predictions, women suffrage is affected positively by per capita income and negatively by the presence of Catholicism and the availability of divorce, while women suffrage increases the size of government only in non-Catholic countries. |
| 主题 | International Macroeconomics ; Public Economics |
| 关键词 | Culture Divorce Family Inequality Public goods Welfare state Women suffrage |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp6401 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/535240 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Francesco Drago,roberto galbiati,Pietro Vertova. DP6401 The Deterrent Effects of Prison: Evidence from a Natural Experiment. 2007. |
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