Women leaving the playpen: The emancipating role of female suffrage

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New publication by Michaela Slotwinski and Alois Stutzer in The Economic Journal 2022

Women’s empowerment in the political sphere led to more emancipated life choices in the private sphere. A new study shows that female suffrage in Switzerland increased female labor force participation, weakened marital bonds and motivated human capital investment.

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