Women in power: the role of gender in renewable energy policymaking
Do female policymakers encourage the production of renewable energy compared to their male counterparts? Using instrumental variables, we conduct a cross-country analysis of 39 high-income countries for the years 1997–2020 using quota laws and women’s suffrage as instruments for women’s participatio...
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| author | Mriga Bansal Natalia D’Agosti |
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| description | Do female policymakers encourage the production of renewable energy compared to their male counterparts? Using instrumental variables, we conduct a cross-country analysis of 39 high-income countries for the years 1997–2020 using quota laws and women’s suffrage as instruments for women’s participation in the parliament. We find that a 1 percentage point increase in the proportion of women in the legislature increases renewable energy production by 1.54 percentage points. This study suggests that fostering policies that boost women’s participation in policy-making positions is beneficial, especially when considering the positive spillover to other countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8983da1153424a1b86bd2e5b5b8387432024-04-16T07:05:02ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research: Climate2752-52952024-01-013202500910.1088/2752-5295/ad3086Women in power: the role of gender in renewable energy policymakingMriga Bansal0Natalia D’Agosti1https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2103-6873Economics, Rutgers University , 75 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1248, United States of AmericaEconomics, Edinburgh University , 31 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9JT, United KingdomDo female policymakers encourage the production of renewable energy compared to their male counterparts? Using instrumental variables, we conduct a cross-country analysis of 39 high-income countries for the years 1997–2020 using quota laws and women’s suffrage as instruments for women’s participation in the parliament. We find that a 1 percentage point increase in the proportion of women in the legislature increases renewable energy production by 1.54 percentage points. This study suggests that fostering policies that boost women’s participation in policy-making positions is beneficial, especially when considering the positive spillover to other countries.https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5295/ad3086female political representationenergy economicsclimate change |
| spellingShingle | Mriga Bansal Natalia D’Agosti Women in power: the role of gender in renewable energy policymaking Environmental Research: Climate female political representation energy economics climate change |
| title | Women in power: the role of gender in renewable energy policymaking |
| title_full | Women in power: the role of gender in renewable energy policymaking |
| title_fullStr | Women in power: the role of gender in renewable energy policymaking |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women in power: the role of gender in renewable energy policymaking |
| title_short | Women in power: the role of gender in renewable energy policymaking |
| title_sort | women in power the role of gender in renewable energy policymaking |
| topic | female political representation energy economics climate change |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5295/ad3086 |
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