Abstract
This paper investigates the influence of women's participation in politics on decision making. I take public educational expenditures as the outcome of interest. The results suggest that an increase by one percentage point in the share of female legislators increases by 0.034 percentage points the ratio of educational expenditures to GDP. Moreover, one percentage point increases in the fraction of female legislators would lead to an estimated 0.54% rise in educational expenditures per capita. The positive effect of female legislators on educational policies is strengthened by forms of government. This study also supports the hypothesis that the identity of legislator matters for policy.
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