Arbeitspapier

Gender and climate change: Do female parliamentarians make difference?

This paper investigates whether female political representation in national parliaments influences climate change policy outcomes. Based on data from a large sample of countries, we demonstrate that female representation leads countries to adopt more stringent climate change policies. We exploit a combination of full and partial identification approaches to suggest that this relationship is likely to be causal. Moreover, we show that through its effect on the stringency of climate change policies, the representation of females in parliament results in lower carbon dioxide emissions. Female political representation may be an underutilized tool for addressing climate change.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 221

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Analysis of Collective Decision-Making: General
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
Environmental Economics: Government Policy
Thema
gender
political representation
climate change
environmental policy

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Mavisakalyan, Astghik
Tarverdi, Yashar
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Global Labor Organization (GLO)
(wo)
Maastricht
(wann)
2018

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Mavisakalyan, Astghik
  • Tarverdi, Yashar
  • Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Entstanden

  • 2018

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