Women in Political Power and School Closure during COVID Times

Arbeitspapier

This study explores the relationship between women's representation in political power and school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a cross-country dataset in Europe, we document a striking negative relationship between the share of female members in national governments and school closures. We show that a one standard deviation increase in female members of national governments is associated with a reduction in the likelihood of school lockdowns by 24% relative to the average share of school closures. This result is robust to an extensive set of sensitivity checks. We attribute this pattern to a higher awareness of female politicians about the potential costs that school closures imply for families.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 15975

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; National Government Expenditures and Education ; Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; Education and Research Institutions: General ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
• Thema: school closures ; COVID-19 ; gender ; political economy

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Danzer, Natalia ; Garcia-Torres, Sebastian ; Steinhardt, Max F. ; Stella, Luca
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2023

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/272602
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ