Do female/male distinctions in language matter? Evidence from gender political quotas

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 495-498

  Santacreu Vasut, Estefania ^a   Shoham, Amir ^b,c   Gay, Victor ^a,d  

^a ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rishon LeZion   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; development; gender quotas, grammar; language

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; LANGUAGE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RELIGION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84866466509     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2012.714062     Document Type: Article

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