Adjustments in municipal fiscal crises. Are they different according to the gender of the mayor?

Roberto Cabaleiro Casal and Enrique Buch Gómez

Local Government Studies, 2018, vol. 44, issue 2, 255-274

Abstract: The literature on gender has attempted to explain the differences between the public outcome depending on whether the ruler is male or female, on the basis that men and women have different preferences. This scientific research has not yet examined issues related to fiscal crises, and our research aims to fill this gap. In a context of generalised economic crisis, our research examines if the gender of the mayor affected the fiscal adjustment policies carried out by municipalities with fiscal deficits in the Spanish region of Galicia. Our paper suggests that although gender of the mayor does not seem to have affected the level of adjustment in total current expenditure, it does seem to have influenced the way in which social and non-social spending were adjusted. Our study also highlights that female mayors are associated with lower levels of tax revenues and this could slow the adjustment processes of fiscal imbalances.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2017.1387538

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