Women Political Leaders as Agents of Environmental Change

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Berniell, María Inés; Marchionni, Mariana; Pedrazzi, Julian Pierino; Viollaz, Mariana
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2025
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This paper explores how female political leaders impact environmental outcomes and climate change policy actions using data from mixed-gender mayoral races in Brazil. Using a Regression Discontinuity design we find that, compared to male mayors, female mayors significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This effect is driven by a reduction in emissions intensity (CO2e/GDP) in the Land Use sector, without changes in municipal economic activity. Part of the reduction in emissions in the Land Use sector is attributable to a decline in deforestation. We examine potential mechanisms that could explain the positive environmental impact of narrowly electing a female mayor over a male counterpart and find that in Amazon municipalities, female elected mayors allocate more space to the environment in their government proposals and are more likely to invest in environmental initiatives. Differences in the enforcement of environmental regulations do not explain the results.
Fil: Berniell, María Inés. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina
Fil: Marchionni, Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina
Fil: Pedrazzi, Julian Pierino. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina
Fil: Viollaz, Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina. Banco Mundial; Estados Unidos
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Cambio climático
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title Women Political Leaders as Agents of Environmental Change
spellingShingle Women Political Leaders as Agents of Environmental Change
Berniell, María Inés
Género
Cambio climático
Amazonas
Brasil
title_short Women Political Leaders as Agents of Environmental Change
title_full Women Political Leaders as Agents of Environmental Change
title_fullStr Women Political Leaders as Agents of Environmental Change
title_full_unstemmed Women Political Leaders as Agents of Environmental Change
title_sort Women Political Leaders as Agents of Environmental Change
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Berniell, María Inés
Marchionni, Mariana
Pedrazzi, Julian Pierino
Viollaz, Mariana
author Berniell, María Inés
author_facet Berniell, María Inés
Marchionni, Mariana
Pedrazzi, Julian Pierino
Viollaz, Mariana
author_role author
author2 Marchionni, Mariana
Pedrazzi, Julian Pierino
Viollaz, Mariana
author2_role author
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author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Género
Cambio climático
Amazonas
Brasil
topic Género
Cambio climático
Amazonas
Brasil
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper explores how female political leaders impact environmental outcomes and climate change policy actions using data from mixed-gender mayoral races in Brazil. Using a Regression Discontinuity design we find that, compared to male mayors, female mayors significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This effect is driven by a reduction in emissions intensity (CO2e/GDP) in the Land Use sector, without changes in municipal economic activity. Part of the reduction in emissions in the Land Use sector is attributable to a decline in deforestation. We examine potential mechanisms that could explain the positive environmental impact of narrowly electing a female mayor over a male counterpart and find that in Amazon municipalities, female elected mayors allocate more space to the environment in their government proposals and are more likely to invest in environmental initiatives. Differences in the enforcement of environmental regulations do not explain the results.
Fil: Berniell, María Inés. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina
Fil: Marchionni, Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina
Fil: Pedrazzi, Julian Pierino. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina
Fil: Viollaz, Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina. Banco Mundial; Estados Unidos
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