Title: The gender gap in African political participation : individual and contextual determinants

Authors: Isaksson, Ann-Sofie and Kotsadam, Andreas and Nerman, Mهns

Place: Gِthenburg

Publisher: University of Gothenburg. School of business, economics and law. Department of economics

Year: 2012

Journal: Working papers in economics

Volume: no. 530

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Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: elections, gender equality, political participation

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyze the factors underlying the gender gap in African electoral and inter-electoral political participation. The empirical findings suggest that while there is a gender gap in both voting and inter-electoral participation, the latter is larger.

URL: http://gupea.ub.gu.se/dspace/bitstream/2077/28905/1/gupea_2077_28905_1.pdf

Document type: Portal