Female empowerment as a core driver of democratic development: a dynamic panel model from 1980 to 2005

Female empowerment as a core driver of democratic development: a dynamic panel model from 1980 to 2005

We investigated the causal effects of female empowerment (female educational attainment, female labor force participation, and total fertility rates) on democratic development for 97 countries from 1980 to 2005. Using Polity IV as an indicator of levels of democracy, our results show that female emp...

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Main Authors: Wyndow, Paula, Li, Jianghong, Mattes, Eugen
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2013
Subjects:
cross-nation
economic development
gender theory
gender equality
democracy
social institutions
modernization theory
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9511

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9511

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