Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments
Using data from 144 village-level governments in India's Tamil Nadu state, we investigate political reservations for women and whether the gender of village government leaders influences the provision of village public goods. A knowledge test of village government presidents and a survey about...
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okr-10986-258412021-04-23T14:04:32Z Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments Gajwani, Kiran Zhang, Xiaobo gender public goods provision local governance village government gender reservations gender equality gram panchayats Using data from 144 village-level governments in India's Tamil Nadu state, we investigate political reservations for women and whether the gender of village government leaders influences the provision of village public goods. A knowledge test of village government presidents and a survey about the interaction between village presidents and higher-level officials reveal that female village government presidents have much lower knowledge of the village government system than do their male counterparts and have significantly less contact with higher-level government officials. Although male and female presidents provide similar amounts of some public goods, we find strong evidence that village governments led by a woman built fewer schools and roads—two public goods that require relatively more contact and coordination with higher-level officials. 2017-01-11T21:52:34Z 2017-01-11T21:52:34Z 2015-07 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25841 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research South Asia India |
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Using data from 144 village-level governments in India's Tamil Nadu state, we investigate political reservations for women and whether the gender of village government leaders influences the provision of village public goods. A knowledge test of village government presidents and a survey about the interaction between village presidents and higher-level officials reveal that female village government presidents have much lower knowledge of the village government system than do their male counterparts and have significantly less contact with higher-level government officials. Although male and female presidents provide similar amounts of some public goods, we find strong evidence that village governments led by a woman built fewer schools and roads—two public goods that require relatively more contact and coordination with higher-level officials. |
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Gajwani, Kiran Zhang, Xiaobo |
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Gajwani, Kiran Zhang, Xiaobo |
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Gajwani, Kiran |
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Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments |
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Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments |
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Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments |
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Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments |
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Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments |
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gender and public goods provision in tamil nadu's village governments |
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