Does Masculinity Matter for Female Leaders? Evidence in cross-section countries

Kodila-Tedika, Oasis (2018): Does Masculinity Matter for Female Leaders? Evidence in cross-section countries.

Abstract

This article attempts to answer the question: why are women not often at the head of nations? We test the probability of occurrence of female leaders at the head of the country using data from ARCHIGOS data set of Goemans et al. (2009). Our hypothesis is that the occurrence of female leaders as head of government is also determined by culture. This hypothesis is validated empirically. Hence, we tested the strength of this relationship, which proved to be highly robust.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Female leaders, culture, masculinity, political selection
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J16 - Economics of Gender ; Non-labor Discrimination; Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology > Z19 - Other

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