Female Political Representation and Violence against Women: Evidence from Brazil

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This paper studies the effect of female political representation on violence against women. Using a Regression Discontinuity design for close mayoral elections between female and male candidates in Brazil, we find that electing female mayors leads to a reduction in episodes of gender violence. The effect is particularly strong when focusing on incidents of domestic violence, when the aggressor is the ex-husband/boyfriend, and when victims experienced sexual violence. The evidence suggests that female mayors might implement different policies from male mayors and therefore contribute to reduce gender violence.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 15365

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Capitalist Systems: Political Economy ; Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions ; Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
• Thema: gender ; political economy ; elections ; violence

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Delaporte, Magdalena ; Pino, Francisco J.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2022

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/263581
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ