Enfranchisement and budget deficits: a theoretical note

If women make different economic decisions than men on average, then an increase in women's influence in the political and economic spheres of society might change economic outcomes. In this note, we focus on the impact of female enfranchisement on fiscal policy outcomes. We present a simple median voter model and show that if women have different economic preferences than men, then female enfranchisement leads to a change in government budget deficits..

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Year of publication:	2009-03
Authors:	Krogstruo, Signe ; Wälti, Sébastien
Institutions:	International Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Subject:	Fiscal policy \| budget deficit \| enfranchisement \| median voter \| gender

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IHEID Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 01-2009 8 pages long
Classification:	D78 - Positive Analysis of Policy-Making and Implementation ; E62 - Fiscal Policy; Public Expenditures, Investment, and Finance; Taxation ; H62 - Deficit; Surplus ; J16 - Economics of Gender
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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