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Title: Essays on gender gaps and investments in children

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2016

ISBN: 9781369202489

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Abstract: This dissertation is a compilation of three essays that investigate how increasing women's access to political and economics resources in the United States influences investments in the human capital of children and helps shape decisions around family formation in the country. In doing so, it documents the evolution of decision making of women in the U.S. over the last century, and shows how key shifts in policy and wage-enhancing technological change facilitated this transition. The essays pair cutting-edge econometric techniques with novel empirical designs to estimate causal impacts of women's increasing access to these resources. The first chapter examines the effect of the enfranchisement of women in early 20th century United States on the long term educational outcomes of children growing up during and after the passage of suffrage laws, and is co-authored with Esra Kose and Elira Kuka. This essay contributes to a growing literature which provides evidence that increasing the political power of women leads . . .

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Authors: Shenhav, Na'ama

Institution: University of California Davis

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Gender, Other

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