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Are female politicians more responsive to international crises?

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  • Daniel L. Hicks
  • Joan Hamory Hicks
  • Beatriz Maldonado

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This article analyses bilateral foreign aid flows over the period 1973 to 2010 to investigate whether the gender composition of legislatures in donor nations affects the aid response to recipient country crises. Our findings suggest that donors with higher shares of women in office provide larger amounts of foreign aid in the wake of a disaster or war in a recipient nation. This response increases in size with the magnitude of the crisis and is especially pronounced for aid flows designated as disaster relief.

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  • Daniel L. Hicks & Joan Hamory Hicks & Beatriz Maldonado, 2015. "Are female politicians more responsive to international crises?," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(6), pages 493-498, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:22:y:2015:i:6:p:493-498
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2014.952884
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    1. Hicks, Daniel L. & Hicks, Joan Hamory & Maldonado, Beatriz, 2016. "Women as policy makers and donors: Female legislators and foreign aid," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 46-60.
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