Female parliamentarians and economic growth: evidence from a large panel

Dinuk S. Jayasuriya and Paul Burke ()

Applied Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 20, issue 3, 304-307

Abstract: This article investigates whether female political representation affects economic growth. Panel estimates for 119 democracies using fixed-effects specifications and a system generalized method of moments approach suggest that, over recent decades, countries with higher shares of women in parliament have had faster growing economies.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2012.697113

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