Gendered Representation and Critical Mass: Women’s Legislative Representation and Social Spending in 22 OECD Countries

Autor: Soon Seok Park
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
bepress|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology|Work
Economy and Organizations

050402 sociology
Sociology and Political Science
Parliament
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SocArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology|Methodology
Public expenditure
bepress|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology|Civic and Community Engagement
Economic Sociology
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Representation (politics)
Critical mass (sociodynamics)
SocArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology
0504 sociology
Sociology
Health care
050602 political science & public administration
Economics
SocArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology|Economic Sociology
media_common
Public economics
business.industry
05 social sciences
Linear model
Methodology
Legislature
Welfare state
Political Sociology
0506 political science
FOS: Sociology
bepress|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology
bepress|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology|Quantitative
Qualitative
Comparative
and Historical Methodologies

bepress|Social and Behavioral Sciences
SocArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences
business
SocArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology|Political Sociology
Popis: To better understand the dynamics of representation of women’s interests such as public expenditure on healthcare, daycare, and education, this study examines statistical evidence for the notion of critical mass. To do so, this study uses the Comparative Welfare States Data Set and the piecewise regression method to produce two linear models that best fit to the data for different ranges of the share of seats in parliament held by women. The analysis fails to find consistent support for a threshold below which women legislators have little-to-no impact upon policy outcomes. By adjudicating seven hypothetical thresholds, the analysis also shows that when there is a critical mass effect, the 10 percent level is more a consequential threshold than 15, 20, or 30 percent levels. Findings suggest that we reject the idea of a critical threshold for women’s legislative representation. However, the relationship between the representation and social spending is robust with or without presumed critical mass.
Databáze: OpenAIRE