Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma - 2011
public health provision since the costs of poor services in this domain are disproportionately borne by women. Accounting for … in women's political representation results in a 1.5 percentage point reduction in neonatal mortality. Women politicians …. The results are topical given that a bill proposing quotas for women in state assemblies is currently pending in the …