Female parliamentarians and economic growth: evidence from a large panel
Dinuk JayasuriyaCrawford School of Public Policy , Australian National University , Canberra , ACT , 0200 , AustraliaPaul J. BurkeCrawford School of Public Policy , Australian National University , Canberra , ACT , 0200 , Australia
2012en
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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.
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