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ArticleHealth affairs (Project Hope)2020

Increases In Women's Political Representation Associated With Reductions In Child Mortality In Brazil.

Philipp Hessel, María José González Jaramillo, Davide Rasella, Ana Clara Duran, Olga L Sarmiento

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Philipp HesselPhilipp Hessel (p.hessel@uniandes.edu.co) is an associate professor in the Alberto Lleras Camargo School of Government, University of the Andes, in Bogotá, Colombia.
María José González JaramilloMaría José González Jaramillo is a research fellow in the research department at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C.
Davide RasellaDavide Rasella is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute of Public Health, Federal University of Bahia, in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.
Ana Clara DuranAna Clara Duran is a research scientist at the Center for Food Studies and Research (NEPA), University of Campinas, in Campinas, Brazil; and a research fellow at the Center for Epidemiological Studies in Nutrition and Health, University of São Paulo, in São Paulo, Brazil.
Olga L SarmientoOlga L. Sarmiento is a full professor in the School of Medicine, University of the Andes.

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Wellcome Trust 109949/Z/15/ZWellcome Trust 205177Wellcome Trust 205177/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We assessed the effects of female political representation on mortality among children younger than age five in Brazil and the extent to which this effect operates through coverage with conditional cash transfers and primary care services. We combined data on under-five mortality rates with data on women elected as mayors or representatives in state and federal legislatures for 3,167 municipalities during 2000-15. Results from fixed-effects regression models suggest that the election of a female mayor and increases in the shares of women elected to state legislatures and to the federal Chamber of Deputies to 20 percent or more were significantly associated with declines in under-five mortality. Increasing the political representation of women was likely associated with beneficial effects on child mortality through pathways that expanded access to primary health care and conditional cash transfer programs.

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Child MortalityPoliticsBrazilChildFemaleHumansPrimary Health CareAccess to careBrazilChildhoodChildren's healthDecision makingEducationGlobal healthHealth policyMortalityMortality ratesPoliticsPrimary carepublic healthWomen

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