Economia
Mulheres comprovam: quanto maior (a liberdade econômica), melhor!
Outro dia destes o Ari postou aqui um resumo de um artigo com o título mais ou menos engraçadinho do tipo: "mulheres comprovam: quanto maior o governo, melhor".
Trata-se de um artigo - se não me engano - bem teórico, onde se constrói um modelo que gera este resultado.
Mas, como eu também posso construir outro modelo e o leitor também, que tal olharmos um pouco para os dados?
Economic Freedom Is Good for Women
It's often thought that big government is good for women. For example, John Lott and Larry Kenny have a JPE paper documenting the expansion of government following women's suffrage. Similarly, it is also commonly remarked that women (especially single ones) like the security that big government supposedly provides. And, I strongly suspect that most feminists are in favor of larger government (Hillary-care anyone?).
In contrast, there's an increasing body of literature documenting the beneficial effects of economic freedom for women. Here's part of the abstract of a neat new paper documenting women's gain from liberty:
An alleged achievement of socialism was gender equality in the labour market. Has its collapse shattered this accomplishment? The theoretical literature and attendant empirical evidence are inconclusive. Using data for 2.9 million wage earners in Hungary, we find that the male–female difference in log wages declined from 0.31 to 0.19 between 1986 and 1998 and that this is largely explained by a matching decline in "Oaxaca's discrimination," suggesting extraordinary improvement of women's relative situation.
Similarly, in a 2003 Journal of Private Enterprise paper (sorry no link), my colleagues Gary Rosemane and Wilson Mixon find that greater economic freedom is associated with greater female life expectancy relative to male life expectancy.
Ou seja, agora entendo porque é que as mulheres dos filmes do Einsenstein eram tão feias...
- Mulheres E O Progresso Econômico Na América Latina
Women key to Latin America economic progress By Stephanie Leutert, CFR Editor's note: Stephanie Leutert is a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations. This entry of Latin America's Moment originally appeared here. The views...
- Demografia
As The Economist reports this week, many women in the richer parts of Asia have gone on “marriage strike”, preferring the single life to the marital yoke. That is one reason why their fertility rates have fallen. And they are not alone. In 83 countries...
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Um texto sobre "tamanho do governo" que me pareceu interessante: Women Prefer Larger Governments: Growth, Structural Transformation and Government Size Tiago V. de V. Cavalcanti† Jos´e Tavares‡ July 2004 Abstract The increase in income...
- Does Marriage Make People Happy, Or Do Happy People Get Married?
Abstract: This paper analyzes the causal relationships between marriage and subjective well-being in a longitudinal data set spanning 17 years. We find evidence that more happy singles opt more likely for marriage and that there are large differences...
- 100 Coisas Que Você Prescisa Saber Sobre Mulheres
100 Things You Need to Know About Women Clique no aqui pra ver a lista completa, formulada pela VIP dos States.Dica do LLL 100. Girls enjoy always having something kind of wrong, like a headache or cramping or something. Remember: No matter how bad it...
Economia
Mulheres comprovam: quanto maior (a liberdade econômica), melhor!
Outro dia destes o Ari postou aqui um resumo de um artigo com o título mais ou menos engraçadinho do tipo: "mulheres comprovam: quanto maior o governo, melhor".
Trata-se de um artigo - se não me engano - bem teórico, onde se constrói um modelo que gera este resultado.
Mas, como eu também posso construir outro modelo e o leitor também, que tal olharmos um pouco para os dados?
Economic Freedom Is Good for Women
It's often thought that big government is good for women. For example, John Lott and Larry Kenny have a JPE paper documenting the expansion of government following women's suffrage. Similarly, it is also commonly remarked that women (especially single ones) like the security that big government supposedly provides. And, I strongly suspect that most feminists are in favor of larger government (Hillary-care anyone?).
In contrast, there's an increasing body of literature documenting the beneficial effects of economic freedom for women. Here's part of the abstract of a neat new paper documenting women's gain from liberty:
An alleged achievement of socialism was gender equality in the labour market. Has its collapse shattered this accomplishment? The theoretical literature and attendant empirical evidence are inconclusive. Using data for 2.9 million wage earners in Hungary, we find that the male–female difference in log wages declined from 0.31 to 0.19 between 1986 and 1998 and that this is largely explained by a matching decline in "Oaxaca's discrimination," suggesting extraordinary improvement of women's relative situation.
Similarly, in a 2003 Journal of Private Enterprise paper (sorry no link), my colleagues Gary Rosemane and Wilson Mixon find that greater economic freedom is associated with greater female life expectancy relative to male life expectancy.
Ou seja, agora entendo porque é que as mulheres dos filmes do Einsenstein eram tão feias...
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- Mulheres E O Progresso Econômico Na América Latina
Women key to Latin America economic progress By Stephanie Leutert, CFR Editor's note: Stephanie Leutert is a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations. This entry of Latin America's Moment originally appeared here. The views...
- Demografia
As The Economist reports this week, many women in the richer parts of Asia have gone on “marriage strike”, preferring the single life to the marital yoke. That is one reason why their fertility rates have fallen. And they are not alone. In 83 countries...
-
Um texto sobre "tamanho do governo" que me pareceu interessante: Women Prefer Larger Governments: Growth, Structural Transformation and Government Size Tiago V. de V. Cavalcanti† Jos´e Tavares‡ July 2004 Abstract The increase in income...
- Does Marriage Make People Happy, Or Do Happy People Get Married?
Abstract: This paper analyzes the causal relationships between marriage and subjective well-being in a longitudinal data set spanning 17 years. We find evidence that more happy singles opt more likely for marriage and that there are large differences...
- 100 Coisas Que Você Prescisa Saber Sobre Mulheres
100 Things You Need to Know About Women Clique no aqui pra ver a lista completa, formulada pela VIP dos States.Dica do LLL 100. Girls enjoy always having something kind of wrong, like a headache or cramping or something. Remember: No matter how bad it...