Maternal Mortality and Women’s Political Participation

Joseph Gomes

No 02/2018, NCID Working Papers from Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra

Abstract: Raising women’s political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9 to 12% decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it also leads to an 8 to 11% increase in skilled birth attendance and a 6 to 11% increase in prenatal care utilization. We find reinforcing evidence from the period in which the United States experienced rapid declines in maternal mortality. The historical decline made feasible by the introduction of antibiotics was significantly greater in states that had longer exposure to women’s suffrage.

Keywords: Natural Maternal mortality; women’s political representation; gender; quotas; suffrage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I14 I15 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49 pages
Date: 2018-05
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