The Effects of Female Leadership on Women's Voice in Political Debate
The Effects of Female Leadership on Women's Voice in Political Debate
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DOI：
10.1017/s0007123419000334
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发表时间：
2019-09
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Jack Blumenau
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作者：
Jack Blumenau
女性领导人是否会扩大其他女性在政治中的声音？作者通过研究英国下议院的议会辩论来解决这个问题。在一个差异中的差异设计，利用随着时间的推移，在内阁部长的性别变化的背景下，文章表明，女性部长大大增加了其他女性议员在相关辩论的参与，相比，当部长是男性。它还使用了一种辩论影响力的衡量标准，即一名立法者使用的词语被其他成员采用的程度，以表明女部长也增加了女后座议员的影响力。为了探讨这些结果背后的机制，作者介绍了一个新的度量部长的反应，并表明，女性部长比男性同行的女性后座议员的演讲更敏感。
Abstract Do female leaders amplify the voices of other women in politics? The author addresses this question by examining parliamentary debates in the UK House of Commons. In the context of a difference-in-differences design that exploits over-time variation in the gender of cabinet ministers, the article demonstrates that female ministers substantially increase the participation of other female MPs in relevant debates, compared to when the minister is male. It also uses a measure of debate influence, based on the degree to which words used by one legislator are adopted by other members, to show that female ministers also increase the influence of female backbenchers. To explore the mechanisms behind these results, the author introduces a new metric of ministerial responsiveness and shows that female ministers are significantly more responsive than their male counterparts to the speeches of female backbenchers.