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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2009
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Working Paper No. 651
Verlag: 
Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department, Washington, DC
Zusammenfassung: 
This paper studies the link between television and divorce in Brazil by exploiting variation in the timing of availability of the signal of Rede Globo - the network that had a virtual monopoly on telenovelas in the country - across municipal areas. Using three rounds of Census data (1970, 1980 and 1991) and controlling for area fixed effects and for time-varying characteristics, the paper finds that the share of women who are separated or divorced increases significantly after the Globo signal becomes available. The effect is robust to controlling for potential determinants of Globo's entry strategy and is stronger for relatively smaller areas, where the signal reaches a higher fraction of the population.
Schlagwörter: 
Divorce
Television
Brazil
Soap Operas
Media
Women
Empowerment
JEL: 
O1
J12
N36
Dokumentart: 
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