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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| author | Wyndow, Paula Li, Jianghong Mattes, Eugen |
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| description | 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 empowerment was strongly associated with democratic development over this period. The effect of female education increased with lags of 5 and 10 years, suggesting that democracy is more likely to occur in nations with a history of educating girls and a longer experience of the social and economic conditions that have occurred because of this investment. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-95112017-09-13T14:50:54Z Female empowerment as a core driver of democratic development: a dynamic panel model from 1980 to 2005 Wyndow, Paula Li, Jianghong Mattes, Eugen cross-nation economic development gender theory gender equality democracy social institutions modernization theory 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 empowerment was strongly associated with democratic development over this period. The effect of female education increased with lags of 5 and 10 years, suggesting that democracy is more likely to occur in nations with a history of educating girls and a longer experience of the social and economic conditions that have occurred because of this investment. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9511 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.06.004 Pergamon restricted |
| spellingShingle | cross-nation economic development gender theory gender equality democracy social institutions modernization theory Wyndow, Paula Li, Jianghong Mattes, Eugen Female empowerment as a core driver of democratic development: a dynamic panel model from 1980 to 2005 |
| title | Female empowerment as a core driver of democratic development: a dynamic panel model from 1980 to 2005 |
| title_full | Female empowerment as a core driver of democratic development: a dynamic panel model from 1980 to 2005 |
| title_fullStr | Female empowerment as a core driver of democratic development: a dynamic panel model from 1980 to 2005 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Female empowerment as a core driver of democratic development: a dynamic panel model from 1980 to 2005 |
| title_short | Female empowerment as a core driver of democratic development: a dynamic panel model from 1980 to 2005 |
| title_sort | female empowerment as a core driver of democratic development: a dynamic panel model from 1980 to 2005 |
| topic | cross-nation economic development gender theory gender equality democracy social institutions modernization theory |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9511 |