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Bhalotra, Sonia, Clarke, Damian, Gomes, Joseph F. and Venkataramani, Atheendar (2023) Maternal mortality and women’s political power. Journal of the European Economic Association, 21 (5). pp. 2172-2208. doi:10.1093/jeea/jvad012 ISSN 1542-4766.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvad012
Abstract
Millions of women continue to die during and soon after childbirth, even where the knowledge and resources to avoid this are available. We posit that raising the share of women in parliament can trigger action. Leveraging the timing of gender quota legislation across developing countries, we identify sharp sustained reductions of 7–12 percent in maternal mortality. Investigating mechanisms, we find that gender quotas lead to increases in percentage points of 5–8 in skilled birth attendance and 4–8 in prenatal care utilization, alongside a decline in fertility of 6–7 percent and an increase in the schooling of young women of about 0.5 years. The results are robust to numerous robustness checks. They suggest a new policy tool for tackling maternal mortality.
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | |||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Mothers -- Mortality -- Economic aspects, Mothers -- Mortality -- Statistics, Health status indicators, Pregnant women -- Mortality, Pregnant women -- Mortality -- Statistics, Childbirth, Women -- Political activity -- Economic aspects, Representative government and representation -- Economic aspects, Women in development | |||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of the European Economic Association | |||||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | |||||||||
ISSN: | 1542-4766 | |||||||||
Official Date: | October 2023 | |||||||||
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Volume: | 21 | |||||||||
Number: | 5 | |||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 2172-2208 | |||||||||
DOI: | 10.1093/jeea/jvad012 | |||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | |||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 21 December 2022 | |||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 March 2023 | |||||||||
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