Unmarried Parenthood and Redistributive Politics
基于西欧九国调查数据发现，女性比男性更左倾的趋势与非婚率上升正相关；德国面板数据表明，脱离婚姻使女性（而非男性）显著左倾；OECD国家公共支出数据显示，非婚率上升先减少后增加国家对儿童的再分配。
Political survey data for nine West European countries show that women have become increasingly left-wing compared to men, and that this trend is positively correlated with the rise of nonmarriage in these countries. This pattern is mirrored in German longitudinal data (GSOEP), where transitions out of marriage make women, but not men, significantly more left-leaning. Analysis of public spending data for high-income OECD countries (1980-1998) suggests that the political impact of nonmarriage extends to the allocation of State resources with increases in nonmarriage first reducing, and then increasing, State redistribution towards children. Copyright (c) 2005 by the European Economic Association.