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Women's Political Reservation, Early Childhood Development, and Learning in India

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: This paper analyzes the long-term impacts of reservation of local political seats for women on children's learning and nutritional outcomes in rural Andhra Pradesh. Using the random rotation of seats reserved for women over different election cycles, and three rounds of a panel dataset, we analyze the impact of exposure to political reservation during critical periods in early childhood. The paper shows that the reservation policy for female leaders had the largest impact on learning outcomes in primary school when children were exposed to reservation in utero and very early in life.

Source: Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford)

Authors: Pathak, Yuvraj, Macours, Karen

Institutions: University of Chicago, Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques

Language: English

Topic: Gender Politics and Representation

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Gender equality, Quality education, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4300192574

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Cited by: 4

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