@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp2103, author={Oswald, Andrew J. and Powdthavee, Nattavudh}, title={Daughters and Left-Wing Voting}, year={2006}, month={Apr}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={2103}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2103}, abstract={This paper provides evidence that daughters make people more left-wing. Having sons, by contrast, makes them more right-wing. Parents, politicians and voters are probably not aware of this phenomenon – nor are social scientists. The paper discusses its economic and evolutionary roots. It also speculates on where research might lead. The paper ends with a conjecture: left-wing individuals are people who come from families into which, over recent past generations, many females have been born.}, keywords={political preferences;voting;attitudes;daughters;gender}, }