Female socialization: How daughters affect their legislator fathers' voting on women's issues

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 311-332

  Washington, Ebonya L ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NBER ^*

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EID: 41849150441     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.1.311     Document Type: Article

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