Does women's political empowerment promote public health expenditure in Africa?

Sosson Tadadjeu (stadadjeu@yahoo.fr), Alim Belek (alim.belek@yahoo.fr), Henri Njangang (ndieupahenri@gmail.com), Marie-Laure Belomo (belomomarielaure1930@gmail.com) and Brice Kamguia (bricekamguiadj@yahoo.fr)
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Sosson Tadadjeu: The Dschang School of Economics and Management, University of Dschang, , Cameroon
Alim Belek: Higher Teacher Training College (HTTTC), University of Bamenda, , Cameroon
Henri Njangang: LAREFA, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Dschang, Cameroon
Marie-Laure Belomo: The Dschang School of Economics and Management, University of Dschang, , Cameroon
Brice Kamguia: The Dschang School of Economics and Management, University of Dschang, , Cameroon

Economics Bulletin, 2021, vol. 41, issue 3, 1959-1969

Abstract: This paper analyses the effect of women's political empowerment on public health expenditure in a sample of 48 African countries over the period 2000-2017. Using The Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), the two-step system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM), and the Sequential Linear Panel Dynamic Model (SELPDM), the results provide strong evidence of a positive effect of women's political empowerment on public health expenditure in Africa. This result is robust to additional control variables, to alternative measures of women's political empowerment, to alternative measure of health expenditure, to outliers, and to alternative data structure. Based on these findings, we encourage efforts to promote the African women's political empowerment and suggest an increase in the number of seats held by women in parliaments.

Keywords: Women's political empowerment; public health expenditure; Panel data; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D7 H5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-09-17
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