Blumenau, Jack;
(2021)
The Effects of Female Leadership on Women’s Voice in Political Debate.
British Journal of Political Science
, 51
(2)
750 - 771.
10.1017/S0007123419000334.
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Abstract
Do female leaders amplify the voices of other women in politics? I address this question by examining parliamentary debates in the UK House of Commons. In the context of a difference-in-differences design which makes use of over-time variation in the gender of cabinet ministers, I demonstrate that female ministers substantially increase the participation of other female MPs in relevant debates, compared to when the minister is male. Further, using a measure of debate influence based on the degree to which words used by one legislator are adopted by other members, I show that female ministers also increase the influence of female backbenchers. To explore the mechanisms behind these results, I introduce a new metric of ministerial responsiveness and show that female ministers are significantly more responsive to the speeches of female backbenchers than are male ministers.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Effects of Female Leadership on Women’s Voice in Political Debate |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0007123419000334 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123419000334 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Legislative politics; gender; women; text-as-data; debate |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Political Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10074056 |
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