%T Female parliamentarians and economic growth
%A Paul J. Burke
%A Dinuk Jayasuriya


%I Development Policy Centre (ANU)
%D 2012

%K Parliament, %K Economics



%U https://apo.org.au/node/29641

%X 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.
%9 Report