Parenthood and political engagement
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Grechyna, DarinaEditorial
Elsevier
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Parenting Children Political disenfranchisement Voter turnout Survey data
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2022-05-18Referencia bibliográfica
D. Grechyna et al. Parenthood and political engagement. European Journal of Political Economy 76 (2023) 102238. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2022.102238]
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State Research Agency (Spain): PID2019-111708GA-I00/SRA (State Research Agency/10.13039/501100011033); Open access charge: Universidad de Granada / CBUAResumen
This paper analyzes the impact of parenthood on political engagement using the longitudinal
British survey data and a repeated cross-sectional European Social survey. I construct a political
engagement measure by applying confirmatory factor analysis to observable indicators of
several different aspects of political engagement. Then, I estimate the impact of becoming a
parent on political engagement based on an event study around the birth of an individual’s first
child, using UK data. The results indicate that having children reduces the political engagement
of female parents but does not significantly affect the political engagement of male parents.
The impact on women is temporary and disappears several years after the birth of their first
child. The analysis of the impact of additional children on political engagement suggests that
women’s political engagement is reduced by the fact of becoming a mother rather than by the
number of children. The results are confirmed using repeated cross-sectional data for European
regions, controlling for fixed regional characteristics. The policy implications of these findings
are discussed