Together We Will : Experimental Evidence on Female Voting Behavior in Pakistan

In many emerging democracies women are less likely to vote than men and, when they do vote, are more likely to follow the wishes of household males. The authors assess the impact of a voter awareness campaign on female turnout and candidate choice....

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Main Authors:	Giné, Xavier, Mansuri, Ghazala
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACTIVE PARTICIPATION ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN BARRIERS TO WOMEN BULLETIN CANDIDATES CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZEN CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUENCY COURT DEMOCRACY DEVELOPED DEMOCRACIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATION OF CHILDREN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORAL PROCESS ELECTORAL SYSTEM EMERGING DEMOCRACIES EMPOWERMENT FEMALE FEMALE LITERACY FEMALES FERTILITY FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER ROLE GENDER ROLES GPS HEALTH CENTERS HOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS HUSBANDS ILLITERACY IMPORTANT POLICY INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INTERNATIONAL COVENANT INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL WOMEN JUDGES LABOUR MARKET LACK OF AWARENESS LACK OF INFORMATION LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LAWS LEGISLATION LITERACY RATES LOCAL ELECTIONS MALES MOTHER NATIONAL PROGRESS NATIONAL RESOURCES NGOS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PEACE PEER PRESSURE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ISSUES POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL PARTY POLITICAL RIGHTS POLLING STATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRESIDING OFFICER PRIME MINISTER PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC LIFE PUBLIC OPINION PUBLIC POLICY RADIO RELIGIOUS LEADERS REPORTER REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RIGHTS OF WOMEN RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL WOMEN SOCIAL PRESSURE SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCES SPILLOVER SPOUSE SPOUSES SUFFRAGE TRANSPORTATION TV VIOLENCE VOTER TURNOUT VOTING PATTERNS VOTING RECORDS WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN LEADERS YOUNG ADULTHOOD YOUNG CHILDREN
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Together We Will : Experimental Evidence on Female Voting Behavior in Pakistan

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