Women Political Leaders as Agents of Environmental Change

Autores
Berniell, María Inés; Marchionni, Mariana; Pedrazzi, Julián Pierino; Viollaz, Mariana
Año de publicación
2025
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inglés
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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.
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Ciencias Económicas
gender
climate change
mayoral elections
Amazon
Brazil
Latin America
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Women Political Leaders as Agents of Environmental Change
title Women Political Leaders as Agents of Environmental Change
spellingShingle Women Political Leaders as Agents of Environmental Change
Berniell, María Inés
Ciencias Económicas
gender
climate change
mayoral elections
Amazon
Brazil
Latin America
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, Julián Pierino
Viollaz, Mariana
author Berniell, María Inés
author_facet Berniell, María Inés
Marchionni, Mariana
Pedrazzi, Julián Pierino
Viollaz, Mariana
author_role author
author2 Marchionni, Mariana
Pedrazzi, Julián Pierino
Viollaz, Mariana
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
gender
climate change
mayoral elections
Amazon
Brazil
Latin America
topic Ciencias Económicas
gender
climate change
mayoral elections
Amazon
Brazil
Latin America
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.
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales
description 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.
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