The economics and politics of women's rights

Annual Review of Economics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 339-372

  Doepke, Matthias ^a   Tertilt, Michéle ^b   Voena, Alessandra ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

development; female suffrage; fertility; human capital; women's liberation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873180633     PISSN: 19411383     EISSN: 19411391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-economics-061109-080201     Document Type: Article

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