The enfranchisement of women and the welfare state

European Economic Review

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 535-553

  Bertocchi, Graziella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Culture; Divorce; Family; Inequality; Public goods; Welfare state; Women's suffrage

Indexed keywords

DIVORCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC GOODS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAGE GAP; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 79956124401     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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