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Baskaran, Thushyanthan, Bhalotra, Sonia, Min, Brian and Uppal, Yogesh (2023) Women legislators and economic performance. Journal of Economic Growth . doi:10.1007/s10887-023-09236-6 ISSN 1381-4338. (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10887-023-09236-6
Abstract
There has been a phenomenal global increase in the proportion of women in politics in the last two decades, but there is no evidence of how this has influenced economic performance. We investigate this using data on competitive elections to India’s state assemblies, leveraging close elections to isolate causal effects. We find significantly higher growth in economic activity in constituencies that elect women and no evidence of negative spillovers to neighbouring male-led constituencies, consistent with net growth. Probing mechanisms, we find evidence consistent with women legislators being more efficacious, less corrupt and less vulnerable to political opportunism.
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman | |||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | |||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Women -- Political activity -- India, Political corruption -- Economic aspects -- India, Economic development -- India, India -- Politics and government -- Economic aspects | |||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Economic Growth | |||||||||
Publisher: | Springer | |||||||||
ISSN: | 1381-4338 | |||||||||
Official Date: | 7 November 2023 | |||||||||
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DOI: | 10.1007/s10887-023-09236-6 | |||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | |||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 30 March 2023 | |||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 November 2023 | |||||||||
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