Abstract
This article proposes a political economy argument for the consistent empirical observation of a negative relationship between working women and corruption: employed women inFLuence the spending behavior of governments by requiring different public goods than men, thereby increasing the demand for public goods. Barring a significant rise in the government budget, fewer resources remain available for rents, lowering the level of corruption. I also argue that countries with a large public sector that have a high percentage of working women are less corrupt than countries with few working women. The robust empirical findings (136 countries, 20 years) support the hypotheses.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Faculties: | Social Sciences > Communication |
Subjects: | 000 Computer science, information and general works > 070 News media, journalism and publishing |
ISSN: | 1554-477X |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 47250 |
Date Deposited: | 27. Apr 2018, 08:12 |
Last Modified: | 15. Dec 2020, 09:35 |