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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 55-86 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Journal | Feminist Economics |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Apr 2016 |
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- j16 - "Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination"
Keywords
- gender difference
- social institutions
- Support for democracy
- WOMEN
- COUNTRIES
- O120
- O38
- INEQUALITY
- INDEX
- J16
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In: Feminist Economics, Vol. 22, No. 2, 02.04.2016, p. 55-86.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender difference in support for Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
T2 - Do social institutions matter?
AU - Konte, M.
AU - Klasen, S.
N1 - Export Date: 25 May 2016 Correspondence Address: Konte, M.; United-Nations University - UNU-MERIT, Boschstraat 24, Netherlands; email: konte@merit.unu.edu References: Abu-Ghaida, D., Klasen, S., The Costs of Missing the Millennium Development Goal on Gender Equity (2004) World Development, 32 (7), pp. 1075-1107; (2013) Gender Equality and Food Security: Women Empowerment as a Tool Against Hunger, , http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/30315/gender-equality-and-food-security.pdf, Asian Development Bank; Balk, D., Individual and Community Aspects of Women's Status and Fertility in Rural Bangladesh (1994) Population Studies, 48 (1), pp. 21-45; Branisa, B., Klasen, S., Ziegler, M., (2009) New Measures of Gender Inequality: The Social Institutions and Gender Index (Sigi) and its Subindices, , Discussion Paper 10, Courant Research Centre Poverty, Equity and Growth in Developing and Transition Countries: Statistical Methods and Empirical Analysis; Branisa, B., Klasen, S., Ziegler, M., Gender Inequality in Social Institutions and Gendered Development Outcomes (2013) World Development, 45, pp. 252-268; Branisa, B., Ziegler, M., (2011) Re-Examining the Link between Gender and Corruption: The Role of Social Institutions, , Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin, 2011, No. 15; Branisa, B., Klasen, S., Ziegler, M., Drechsler, D., Jütting, J., The Institutional Basis of Gender Inequality: The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) (2014) Feminist Economics, 20 (2), pp. 29-64; Bratton, M., Mattes, R., Gyimah-Boadi, E., (2005) Public Opinion, Democracy, and Market Reform in Africa, , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; Burns, N., Gender in the Aggregate, Gender in the Individual, Gender and Political Action (2007) Politics and Gender, 3 (1), pp. 104-124; Coffe, H., Bolzendahl, C., Gender Gaps in Political Participation across Sub-Saharan African Nations (2011) Social Indicators Research, 102 (2), pp. 245-264; Diamond, L., (1999) Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation, , Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press; Evans, G., Rose, P., (2007) Education and Support for Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Testing Mechanisms of Influence, , Afrobarometer Working Paper 75; Evans, G., Rose, P., Support for Democracy in Malawi: Does Schooling Matter? 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PY - 2016/4/2
Y1 - 2016/4/2
N2 - ABSTRACT: Several recent papers have noted gender differences in support for democracy in Africa, but the causes of this difference remain unclear. This article investigates whether the observed gender gap is due to the related gender inequality in social institutions, which affects women's daily life and deprives them of social and economic empowerment inside and outside the home. Using Afrobarometer survey data (rounds 2 [2002–3], 3 [2004–5], and 4 [2008–9]), the study finds that the gender difference in support for democracy is no longer significant once gender discrimination is controlled for in the family code, physical integrity, or civil liberties components of the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI). Interaction terms show that women's support for democracy is only lower in places where gender inequality in these social institutions is particularly large. This study thus provides evidence that women who live in countries with favorable institutions toward women are more supportive of democracy than women who do not. © 2015 IAFFE.
AB - ABSTRACT: Several recent papers have noted gender differences in support for democracy in Africa, but the causes of this difference remain unclear. This article investigates whether the observed gender gap is due to the related gender inequality in social institutions, which affects women's daily life and deprives them of social and economic empowerment inside and outside the home. Using Afrobarometer survey data (rounds 2 [2002–3], 3 [2004–5], and 4 [2008–9]), the study finds that the gender difference in support for democracy is no longer significant once gender discrimination is controlled for in the family code, physical integrity, or civil liberties components of the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI). Interaction terms show that women's support for democracy is only lower in places where gender inequality in these social institutions is particularly large. This study thus provides evidence that women who live in countries with favorable institutions toward women are more supportive of democracy than women who do not. © 2015 IAFFE.
KW - gender difference
KW - social institutions
KW - Support for democracy
KW - WOMEN
KW - COUNTRIES
KW - O120
KW - O38
KW - INEQUALITY
KW - INDEX
KW - J16
U2 - 10.1080/13545701.2015.1103379
DO - 10.1080/13545701.2015.1103379
M3 - Article
SN - 1354-5701
VL - 22
SP - 55
EP - 86
JO - Feminist Economics
JF - Feminist Economics
IS - 2
ER -