Oswald, Andrew J.; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 92 (2010) 2, pp. 213-227
What determines human beings' political preferences? Using nationally representative longitudinal data, we show that having daughters makes people more likely to vote for left-wing political parties. Having sons leads people to favor right-wing parties. The paper checks that our result is not an...