Religious Elite Communication and Women's Political Participation: Experimental Evidence from Rural Tanzania

• In Event: Field Experiments

Brief Overview

In randomized experiments in Tanzania, we find that a message from a progressive religious leader makes villagers more likely to support their daughters running for political office; we also observe spillover effects on respondents' children.

Authors

• Bardia Rahmani, Columbia University

• Dylan W Groves, Lafayette College

• Beatrice Montano, Columbia University