IMPACT OF THE FEMINIZATION OF POLITICAL MANAGEMENT ON THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: EVIDENCE FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION

This paper investigates the relationship between female participation in political management and the quality of the regulatory framework in European Union countries. Our research is designed as a comparative impact study in which we simultaneously quantify the contribution of female political commitment expressed by the share of women in national parliaments, on four referential indicators, namely the quality of the rule of law, the quality of legislative regulations, the control of corruption and the quality of the business environment/ economic freedom. In this sense, we operated a quantitative analysis of correlation and determination, based on the data provided by the World Bank and the Heritage Foundation, with the aim of evaluating the explanatory contribution of the feminization of political management on the quality of the listed public environment components, in different areas within the European Union. Our findings highlight the transformative potential of increased female representation in shaping a more inclusive and effective legislative framework within EU.