Jan Stuhler discussion of: Women in politics during COVID Articles uri icon

publication date

  • October 2024

start page

  • 813

end page

  • 815

issue

  • 120

volume

  • 39

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0266-4658

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1468-0327

abstract

  • This interesting article by Natalia Danzer, Sebastian Garcia-Torres, Max Steinhardt and Luca Stella contributes to our understanding of whether female politicians make systematically different decisions compared to their male counterparts. Their research question is of immediate relevance to any reader who had young children stuck at home during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: were school closures during the pandemic less frequent in countries where women had more influence on policy? To answer this question, the authors relate data on school closures and female representation across 28 European countries. Additionally, they conduct a textual analysis of German parliamentary records to compare how female and male representatives engaged with potential school closures.

subjects

  • Politics