TY  - Report

AU  - Paul J. Burke
AU  - Dinuk Jayasuriya


PY  - 2012
T1  - Female parliamentarians and economic growth
PB  - Development Policy Centre (ANU)


DO  - https://doi.org/APO-29641
UR  - https://apo.org.au/node/29641

AB  - 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.
ER  -