RT Journal Article
T1 Bridging the gender gap: Women’s education and political representation
A1 Bellani, Luna
A1 Hidalgo, Marisa
K1 Education
K1 Female political participation
K1 Compulsory schooling reforms
K1 ESS
AB Gender disparity is present in many aspects of life, especially in politics. This paper provides new evidence on the impact of women’s education on political representation focusing on several European countries. We combine multi-country data from the Gender Statistics Database of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and from the European Social Survey (ESS). Using an IV strategy, we find that increased female education significantly increases the percentage of women elected to regional parliaments. We then explore possible channels at the individual level and find that education increases women’s interest in politics and induces more egalitarian views about gender roles in society among women, although it fails to do so among men.
PB Elsevier
YR 2025
FD 2025-02-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24787
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24787
LA en
NO Economics of Education Review, vol. 104, 102605
NO Proyectos de investigaciónPID2020-118585GB-I00FECYT -- EDUCACION, REDES Y CONTAGIOFEDER-project P18-RT-2135Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG - German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy -EXC-2035/1 - 390681379
NO Departamento Economía, Métodos Cuantitativos e Historia Económica
DS RIO
RD May 22, 2026