Gender and climate change: Do female parliamentarians make difference?

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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 c...

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Main Authors:	Mavisakalyan, Astghik, Tarverdi, Yashar
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2018
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69462

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