Women in cabinet and public health spending: evidence across countries

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作者：
Astghik Mavisakalyan
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[1] Curtin Business School,Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre
[2] Curtin University,undefined
来源：
Economics of Governance | 2014年 / 15卷
关键词：
Politician identity; Gender; Cabinet; Health ; Public spending; Life expectancy;
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This article studies the effect of women’s cabinet representation on public health policy outcomes. Based on a large sample of countries in the year 2000, the analysis shows that an increase in the share of women in cabinet is associated with an increase in public health spending. There is also an indication of a decrease in the gender gap in life expectancies in places with higher cabinet representation of women. The endogeneity of women’s cabinet representation is accounted for by using the share of daughters that a national leader parents as an instrument.
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