TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Delaporte, Magdalena
AU  - Pino, Francisco J.
        TI  - Female Political Representation and Violence against Women: Evidence from Brazil
        PY  - 2022/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15365
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15365
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - gender
KW  - political economy
KW  - elections
KW  - violence
        ER  -