Gender system and corruption: Patriarchy as a predictor of “fairness”

Ottervik, Mattias; Su, Zheng

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“…Similar to Blackman and Jackson (2021)'s findings in the Tunisian context, our study reveals that gender norms impact voter support for female candidates in Brazil. This result further supports recent research that finds a relationship between patriarchal gender norms and the acceptance of corruption based on the World Value Survey (Merkle and Wong, 2020;Ottervik and Su, 2023). Moreover, respondents' perceptions of the corruption of their local mayor may shape their leniency towards (female) candidates who are affiliated with corrupt firms.…”

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Inequality and Redistribution: Essays on Local Elections, Gender and Corruption in Developing Countries

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Persistent economic and political inequalities in developing countries have intensified public debates about the causes of inequality and the implementation of redistributive policies. While inequality and redistribution are outcomes of political processes and institutions, this thesis aims to address understudied aspects of political partisanship, gender, and corruption, and their impact on inequality and redistribution in Bolivia, Brazil, and Tanzania. This thesis provides a comprehensive perspective on inequality, encompassing income and wealth distribution (economic inequality) and the distribution of political power between genders (political inequality). The thesis uses a combination of novel (quasi-)experimental methods, survey data col-lection in Brazil and Tanzania, and innovative data collection in Bolivia using nighttime satellite data and election forensics. To enable causal inference, the thesis uses survey experiments, and a regression discontinuity design to provide insights into the political economy of these countries. The findings of this thesis offer several important contributions to the political economy literature. On the supply side, the findings reveal the impact of local government partisan-ship on poverty and economic inequalities. On the demand side, the findings offer insights into voter evaluations of local candidates involved in corruption, promoting pro-poor policies, with strong ties to firms, and their gender. By examining both the demand and supply sides of redistribution, the thesis provides a comprehensive understanding of the factors contributing to persistent economic and political inequalities. The insights from this thesis have significant implications for developing effective policy interventions. By analysing the complex relationship between voter support for political candidates, redistribution and affirmative action policies, this research contributes to a broader understanding of why high economic and political inequality and low redistribu-tion coexist in developing countries. The empirical evidence offers valuable insights for political economy research in developing countries, emphasising the relevance of local level granular data for addressing inequality and promoting sustainable development.

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Inequality and Redistribution: Essays on Local Elections, Gender and Corruption in Developing Countries

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“…Gender equality is causally linked to political equality and democracy (Basáñez 2005;Hartman 2004;Wyndow, Li, and Mattes 2013; see also Fish 2002).In economics, research since Boserup (2013Boserup ( [1970), if not Engels (1975), has substantiated a link between gender equality and economic structure and growth (Barro 1991;Braunstein 2008;Klasen and Lamanna 2009;Mankiw, Romer, and Weil 1992; see also Klasen and Silva 2021). In political science, on the national and individual level a link has been shown between gender equality and corruption (Dollar, Fisman, and Gatti 1999;Esarey and Chirillo 2013;Kaufmann 1998;Stensöta and Wängnerud 2018;Swamy, Knack, Lee, and Azfard 2001;Ottervik and Su 2023).…”

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Investigating the relationship between gender equality and citizen trust: Evidence from Latin America

Lee,

Ottervik

2024

Social Science Quarterly

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ObjectivesPrevious research has shown a relationship between social and economic equality and trust, but the relationship between gender equality and trust has received relatively little attention. This study addresses that lacuna and analyzes the relationship between gender equality and political trust as well as social trust.MethodsUsing the 2015 Latinobarómetro, we test the relationship between two types of gender equality, labor gender equality and overall gender equality, and two types of trust, political trust and social trust in a series of regressions.ResultsThe results show that gender equality is positively associated with social and political trust. In particular, the magnitude of association of labor gender equality with social trust is greater than that of overall gender equality. Also, the magnitude of association of overall gender equality with political trust is greater than that of labor gender equality.ConclusionsOur article contributes to the literature by demonstrating that overall gender equality and labor gender equality have varying association with trust depending on types of trust.

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Revisiting the nexus between corruption and gender: does women’s political participation in parliament matter?

de Barros Reis,

Ribeiro,

Cimini

2024

International Review of Applied Economics

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Gender system and corruption: Patriarchy as a predictor of “fairness”

Cited by 4 publications

References 63 publications

Inequality and Redistribution: Essays on Local Elections, Gender and Corruption in Developing Countries

Inequality and Redistribution: Essays on Local Elections, Gender and Corruption in Developing Countries

Investigating the relationship between gender equality and citizen trust: Evidence from Latin America

Revisiting the nexus between corruption and gender: does women’s political participation in parliament matter?

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