governmentś competency to levy income, capital and turnover taxes to find out how the enfranchisement of women influences public … support for government spending. The first ballot took place shortly before the extension of suffrage to women in February …

government's competency to levy income, capital and turnover taxes to find out how the enfranchisement of women influences public … support for government spending. The first ballot took place shortly before the extension of suffrage to women in February …

Does the enfranchisement of women lead to an increase in public support for government spending? By utilizing a natural … experiment from Switzerland, I test this hypothesis empirically. I analyze the voting outcomes of two very similar referendum … place shortly before the extension of suffrage to women in February 1971, and the other thereafter. To shed light on the …

extending the suffrage to women should increase the approval for government spending. By utilizing a natural experiment from … Switzerland, we test this hypothesis empirically. We analyze the voting outcomes of two very similar referendum ballots concerning … before the extension of suffrage to women in February 1971, and the other thereafter. To shed light on gender differences in …

adopt suffrage, Switzerland, we demonstrate two main results. First, women suffrage has changed the scope of government much … provide new evidence on how women suffrage has affected government spending. Using data from the last country in Europe to … more than its size. Women are more likely to support expenditures for public goods like environment and public transport …

a large-scale shock to the composition of the electorate - the introduction of female suffrage in Switzerland in 1971 …