How women in politics impact maternal mortality
(2023) Ideas for India — p. 1-10 (2023)
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- In the twelfth post of I4I’s month-long campaign to mark International Women’s Day 2023, Bhalotra et al. show that mortality during and after childbirth remains high, even where the knowledge and resources to avoid this are available, and demonstrate that raising the share of women in parliament can trigger action. Leveraging the introduction of gender quotas across developing countries, they identify reductions in maternal mortality. Investigating mechanisms, they find that gender quotas are associated with increased skilled birth attendance and prenatal care utilisation, a decline in fertility and an increase in female schooling.
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Bhalotra, S., Clarke, D. C., Gomes, J., & Venkataramani, A. (2023). How women in politics impact maternal mortality. Ideas for India, 1-10. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/100275 (Original work published 2023)