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Tweets, sexism, and the 2016 presidential election

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  • Ann Owen

    (Hamilton College)

  • Andrew Wei

    (Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System)

Abstract

Tweets by Donald Trump insulting women are associated with an increase in sexist Google searches. Variation across media markets in the sensitivity of sexist searches to these Tweets is negatively associated with Clinton's relative vote share. These results suggest a channel through which sexism was activated in a politically consequential way.

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  • Ann Owen & Andrew Wei, 2022. "Tweets, sexism, and the 2016 presidential election," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 42(1), pages 244-254.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-21-01177
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    1. Owen, Ann L. & Wei, Andrew, 2021. "Sexism, household decisions, and the gender wage gap," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    2. Corbi, Raphael & Picchetti, Pedro, 2020. "The cost of gendered attitudes on a female candidate: Evidence from Google Trends," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 196(C).
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    Keywords

    sexism; Twitter; elections; Google Trends;
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    JEL classification:

    • D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
    • Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics

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