Female voting power: The contribution of women's suffrage to the growth of social spending in Western Europe (1869-1960)

Public Choice

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 391-417

  Aidt, Toke S ^a   Dallal, Bianca ^b  

^a JESUS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extension of the franchise; Gender gap; Growth in government; Public finance; Social spending; Women's suffrage

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749095270     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-007-9234-1     Document Type: Article

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