Clearing the smog ceiling: the impact of women’s political empowerment on air quality in European regions

Ríos Ibáñez, Vicente; Barba Areso, Izaskun; Gianmoena, Lisa; Pascual Arzoz, Pedro

Clearing the smog ceiling: the impact of women’s political empowerment on air quality in European regions

dc.contributor.author	Ríos Ibáñez, Vicente
dc.contributor.author	Barba Areso, Izaskun
dc.contributor.author	Gianmoena, Lisa
dc.contributor.author	Pascual Arzoz, Pedro
dc.contributor.department	Economía	es_ES
dc.contributor.department	Ekonomia	eu
dc.date.accessioned	2024-09-18T18:56:41Z
dc.date.available	2024-09-18T18:56:41Z
dc.date.issued	2024
dc.date.updated	2024-09-18T18:36:12Z
dc.description.abstract	This study explores the impact of female political empowerment on air quality outcomes. Women's stronger environmental concerns and pro-environmental behaviors may lead to better air quality as they progressively break the glass ceiling in politics. To test this hypothesis, we employ a novel data set on regional air pollutant emissions and women's political empowerment for a sample of 230 European regions of 27 EU countries. We apply instrumental variables and partial identification methods to ensure that our results are not influenced by confounding variables. We find that female political empowerment is consistently associated with improved air quality.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This work was supported by the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación: MCIN/AEI/10 13039/501100011033 [PID 2020-115135 GB-I00]; and by the MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 [PID 2020-114460GB-C32]; UNEDPAM/PI/PR24/12A.
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dc.identifier.citation	Rios, V., Barba, I., Gianmoena, L., Pascual, P. (2024) Clearing the smog ceiling: the impact of women's political empowerment on air quality in european regions. European Journal of Political Economy, 85, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2024.102551.
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2024.102551
dc.identifier.issn	0176-2680
dc.identifier.uri	https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/51659
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartof	European Journal of Political Economy 85, 2024, 102551
dc.relation.projectID	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2020-115135GB-I00/ES/
dc.relation.projectID	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2020-114460GB-C32/ES/
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2024.102551
dc.rights	© 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.
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dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject	Air quality	en
dc.subject	European regions	en
dc.subject	Instrumental variables	en
dc.subject	Partial identification	en
dc.subject	Women empowerment	en
dc.title	Clearing the smog ceiling: the impact of women’s political empowerment on air quality in European regions	en
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