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Female parliamentarians and economic growth

Evidence from a large panel
31 May, 2012
31 May 2012 | 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.