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Title: Maternal Mortality and Women's Political Participation

Author(s): Sonia Bhalotra, Damian Clarke, Joseph Flavian Gomes and Atheendar Venkataramani

Publication Date: January 2020

Keyword(s): Gender, Maternal mortality, Quotas, reproductive health services and women's political representation

Programme Area(s): Development Economics

Abstract: We show that large declines in maternal mortality can be achieved by raising women's political participation. We estimate that the recent wave of quotas for women in parliament in low income countries has resulted in a 9 to 12% decline in maternal mortality. Among mechanisms are that gender quotas lead to an 8 to 10% increase in skilled birth attendance, a 6 to 12% increase in prenatal care utilization and a 4 to 11% decrease in birth rates.

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Bhalotra, S, Clarke, D, Gomes, J and Venkataramani, A. 2020. 'Maternal Mortality and Women's Political Participation'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=14339