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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okr-10986-34562021-04-23T14:02:10Z Together We Will : Experimental Evidence on Female Voting Behavior in Pakistan Giné, Xavier Mansuri, Ghazala 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 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. Geographic clusters within villages were randomly assigned to treatment or control, and within treated clusters, some households were left untreated. Compared with women in control clusters, both treated and untreated women in treated clusters are 12 percentage points more likely to vote, and are also more likely to exercise independence in candidate choice, indicating large spillovers. Data from polling stations suggest that treating 10 women increased turnout by about 9 votes, resulting in a cost per vote of US$ 2.3. Finally, a 10 percent increase in the share of treated women at the polling station led to a 6 percent decrease in the share of votes of the winning party. 2012-03-19T18:02:47Z 2012-03-19T18:02:47Z 2011-06-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110620093736 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3456 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5692 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia South Asia South Asia Asia Pakistan |
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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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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 Giné, Xavier Mansuri, Ghazala Together We Will : Experimental Evidence on Female Voting Behavior in Pakistan |
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South Asia South Asia South Asia Asia Pakistan |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5692 |
| description |
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. Geographic clusters
within villages were randomly assigned to treatment or
control, and within treated clusters, some households were
left untreated. Compared with women in control clusters,
both treated and untreated women in treated clusters are 12
percentage points more likely to vote, and are also more
likely to exercise independence in candidate choice,
indicating large spillovers. Data from polling stations
suggest that treating 10 women increased turnout by about 9
votes, resulting in a cost per vote of US$ 2.3. Finally, a
10 percent increase in the share of treated women at the
polling station led to a 6 percent decrease in the share of
votes of the winning party. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Giné, Xavier Mansuri, Ghazala |
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Giné, Xavier Mansuri, Ghazala |
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Giné, Xavier |
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Together We Will : Experimental Evidence on Female Voting Behavior in Pakistan |
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Together We Will : Experimental Evidence on Female Voting Behavior in Pakistan |
| title_full |
Together We Will : Experimental Evidence on Female Voting Behavior in Pakistan |
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Together We Will : Experimental Evidence on Female Voting Behavior in Pakistan |
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Together We Will : Experimental Evidence on Female Voting Behavior in Pakistan |
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together we will : experimental evidence on female voting behavior in pakistan |
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2012 |
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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110620093736 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3456 |
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