Political Leaders, Economic Hardship, and Women’s Political Representation

• In Event: The Political Economy of Groups

Brief Overview

We argue that political leaders with experience of economic hardship are more likely to appoint female ministerial members. We find evidence of this argument by analyzing an original dataset in 161 countries between 1966 and 2015.

Authors

• Sung Min Han, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

• Kangwook Han, Jeonbuk National University