Women's Representation and Public Spending

Helena Svaleryd

No 701, Working Paper Series from Research Institute of Industrial Economics

Abstract: This paper studies whether the degree of women’s representation in Swedish local councils affects local public expenditure patterns. Theoretically, the individual preferences of elected representatives may have an impact on public expenditure if full policy commitment is not feasible. To empirically address the question, I first analyze the preferences expressed by elected local council representatives using survey data. This permits me to make precise predictions about the effects of women’s representation on spending. The subsequent panel study on the composition of public spending in Swedish municipalities supports the predictions derived from the survey.

Keywords: Political Representation; Local Public Expenditure; Gender; Survey Data; Panel Data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 C25 D78 H40 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2007-03-07
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Published as Svaleryd, Helena, 'Women's Representation and Public Spending' in European Journal of Policial Economy , 2009, pages 23.

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