%0 Report
        %A Delaporte, Magdalena
%A Pino, Francisco J.
        %T Female Political Representation and Violence against Women: Evidence from Brazil
        %D 2022
        %8 2022 Jun
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 15365
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15365
        %X This paper studies the effect of female political representation on violence against women. Using a Regression Discontinuity design for close mayoral elections between female and male candidates in Brazil, we find that electing female mayors leads to a reduction in episodes of gender violence. The effect is particularly strong when focusing on incidents of domestic violence, when the aggressor is the ex-husband/boyfriend, and when victims experienced sexual violence. The evidence suggests that female mayors might implement different policies from male mayors and therefore contribute to reduce gender violence.
        %K gender
%K political economy
%K elections
%K violence