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WHERE ARE THE WOMEN? GENDER, GOVERNMENTS AND GRADUATES
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THE QUESTION
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500 493
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73 500
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493
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500 455
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500 6
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WHY? Development in a country Motives in lower-income countries are less Quotas Civic Participation Private Sector Experience Willingness To Run
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ACTUAL QUESTION Does female education change women’s representation in governments?
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HYPOTHESIS
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Increased representation of females in college level education Increased representation of females in national parliaments
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METHOD
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DATA WDI Independent Variable 4,000 Observations of Tertiary Education Ratios Dependent Variable 3,000 Observations of Parliamentary Ratios
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GENERAL INFO 91 females for every 100 males with tertiary level education Standard Deviation: 59.58 Minimum: 0 Maximum: 689.3 (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) 14% of parliamentary occupied by females Standard Deviation: 10.3 Minimum: 0 Max: 56.3 (Rwanda)
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CHALLENGES Gender Ratios GDP and Development Social Biases
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ADDRESSING CHALLENGES More on this soon Open to suggestions
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RWANDA, UGANDA, SWEDEN, KUWAIT, HONDURAS CASE STUDIES
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RESULTS
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CORRELATION College RatioParliament Ratio College Ratio1 Parliament Ratio0.09661
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REGRESSION College Ratio Coefficie nt Standar d Error tP > |t|95% Conf. Lower 95% Conf. Upper Parliament Ratio.486.1273.830.000.238.735 _cons103.5672.36643.770.00098.926108.208
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MORE RESULTS COMING SOON!
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QUANTUM CONCLUSION BOTH RIGHT AND WRONG
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WHAT TO EXPECT Promising Data but selection problems
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IF RIGHT Current Approaches Political Changes Funding Awareness Solution Education = Starting Point
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IF WRONG New Approach Don’t make Women better Leaders Make people better voters
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WHY DO WE CARE
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EQUITABLE GOVERNMENT -> EQUITABLE SOCIETIES Female Friendly Social Policies? Overall Education Healthcare
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