Publication: Women mayors and management of spanish councils: an empirical analysis
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Hernández Nicolás, Carmen María ; Martín Ugedo, Juan Francisco ; Mínguez Vera, Antonio
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Facultades, Departamentos, Servicios y Escuelas::Departamentos de la UMU::Organización de Empresas y Finanzas
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https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2017.1347695
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©2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
This document is the Accepted version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Feminist Economics. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2017.1347695
Abstract
This paper analyzes the relationship between the gender of mayors in Spanish
local government and different budget items. It uses a sample of local
budgets for 8,112 town councils between 2002 and 2010, totaling 64,361
observations. The Spanish context is characterized by decentralization of public
responsibility to a greater extent than in neighboring countries, feeding the
debate on the operational efficiency of local government and the importance
of gender in public management. Results show that councils with women
mayors have lower annual interest and debt repayment obligations and have
higher expenditure on security, protection, and social promotion. Thus, the
presence of women in politics may serve to improve councils’ economic
situations, which is necessary not only for social justice but also for economic
efficiency. In addition, in councils with more inhabitants, women mayors are
more common, but women are less likely to occupy the office for longer
periods.
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Feminist Economics, 2017
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