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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
2023
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| Online Access: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=11875797005 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/118/11875797005/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/118/11875797005/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/118/11875797005/11875797005.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/118/11875797005/movil https://doi.org/10.22201/iiec.20078951e.2023.213.69965 |
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- Political empowerment of women and Human Development Index in the States of Mexico Guadalupe del Carmen Briano-Turrent Economía y Finanzas Mexico sustainability human development critical mass theory Political empowerment of women Based on the critical mass theory, this article analyzes the effect of political empowerment of women in legislatures and mayoralties of the federal states of Mexico over the Sub-national Human Development Index SHDI. Using a balanced panel data composed by 352 observations during the 2010-2020 period, the results show that the critical mass of 30% of women in State legislatures increases health and education sub-indexes. Similarly, the critical mass of 20% of women as majors has a favorable impact on the SHDI and their standard of living and education components. These results highlight that political empowerment of women enhance economic and social development in the context of an emerging country and make a call to legislators in gender issues. 2023 artículo científico 0301-7036 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=11875797005 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/118/11875797005/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/118/11875797005/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/118/11875797005/11875797005.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/118/11875797005/movil https://doi.org/10.22201/iiec.20078951e.2023.213.69965 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=118 Problemas del Desarrollo. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Problemas del Desarrollo. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía (México) Num.213 Vol.54