Interrelationship between Share of Women in Parliament and Gender and Development: A Critical Analysis

Subrat Sarangi (), R. K. Renin Singh and Barun Kumar Thakur
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Subrat Sarangi: Business Management, MICA, Ahmedabad 380058, Gujarat, India
R. K. Renin Singh: Chitkara Business School, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, Punjab, India
Barun Kumar Thakur: Department of Economics, FLAME University, Pune 412115, Maharashtra, India

Administrative Sciences, 2023, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-15

Abstract: Gender and development are among the two most important components of any economy to sustain its perpetual and sustainable economic growth in both the long as well as short run. The role of women in parliament and the interrelationship between gender and development is critically analysed. Women’s representation in parliament is the dependent variable and the predictor variables considered are gender development index, female access to assets, female labour force, and country GDP per capita. Data were collected from the UNDP human development report for the period 2015 to 2021–2022 and World Bank for 188 countries of which finally 159 were considered to develop the model based on data availability. We have used the theoretical lens of social stratification theory and gender role theory to frame the hypothesis. A random effects model-based panel regression analysis of the data indicated a strong positive relationship between gender development index and the dependent variable, but no relationship between female labour force, and access to assets. The study addresses a critical gap in policy and development of the literature on gender, politics, and development using a global data set, establishing the importance of indicators such as gender development index, and laying down the path for future research on the subject.

Keywords: gender development index; access to assets; politics; women’s representation in parliament; female labour force participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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