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dc.contributor.authorChong, Albertoen
dc.contributor.authorLa Ferrara, Elianaen
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-24-
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-18T11:48:27Z-
dc.date.available2011-11-18T11:48:27Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/51502-
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInter-American Development Bank, Research Department |cWashington, DCen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper |x651en
dc.subject.jelO1en
dc.subject.jelJ12en
dc.subject.jelN36en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordDivorceen
dc.subject.keywordTelevisionen
dc.subject.keywordBrazilen
dc.subject.keywordSoap Operasen
dc.subject.keywordMediaen
dc.subject.keywordWomenen
dc.subject.keywordEmpowermenten
dc.subject.stwFernsehenen
dc.subject.stwLifestyleen
dc.subject.stwScheidungen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwBrasilienen
dc.titleTelevision and divorce: Evidence from Brazilian Novelas-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn591278979en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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