- 16 Mar, 2021
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Do women tend to vote more liberal than men and if so, why?
Instructions
The paper should be a complement to the lectures and the topics we see
in the lectures; it cannot be about the topics that we see in class/our lectures.
It should be a research paper, so I want you to start fresh with it – a question
to which you do not know the answer. The paper should not be descriptive,
but rather have more creative content. That is, it is not an essay. Originality
is essential.
In order to know which topics are not suitable as paper topic, please have
a look at the Syllabus I have posted on Moodle. The syllabus lists the topics
we are going to cover, with the corresponding readings. If the topics and
readings sound like what you have in mind, it cannot be used as paper topic.
Please always agree on a topic with me before you start working on it.
Focus on a topic with gender interest that might catch your attention.
You can use data if you wish, but technical analysis is not expected. Think
about areas/topics where gender matters, even if it is not in conventional economic situations—however, the topic should be analyzed from an economics
point of view (i.e., using economic intuition, economics tools).
A good way of thinking of potential topics is to think about real-life issues
in which you see men and women behaving differently. Why is that the case?
You are not expected to come up with a complex answer, but you should
1think of potential answers. Are incentives women and men face different? If
so, how?
You can discuss a certain policy introduced by a government in relation
to gender, and discuss how it could have affected women/men differently.
You can also get ideas from newspaper articles.
Your topic cannot be in the course material itself, but you are welcome to
use the concepts we use during the course in your paper. For instance, you
cannot choose the wage gender gap as topic, but you can use the concepts of
discrimination we see in class for your topic whenever relevant.
Every student should work on a different topic. If a topic has already
been chosen by another student I will let you know.