The Link between Women’s Descriptive Representation in Subnational Legislatures and Women-Friendly Bill Sponsorship - An Empirical Evidence from South Korea
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Do female legislators represent women’s interests? Even though the existing literature has tried to answer this question and provided empirical evidence, there are only a few studies examining the influence of gender on legislative behaviors concerning women-friendly bills at the subnational level especially in the Asian context. To fill this academic void, this article based on the information about proposed bills in 17 subnational legislatures from 2012 to 2022 in South Korea tests whether the gender of individual legislators affects their sponsorship behaviors about women-friendly bills. Analyzing 208 proposed women-friendly bills, this article using logistic regression models demonstrates that female legislators are more likely to sponsor women-friendly bills compared to their male counterparts even in subnational legislative branches. More interestingly, this article finds that the influence of gender on sponsorship is conditioned by legislators’ party affiliation. This article contributes to the existing literature on gender and politics by demonstrating that the link between women’s descriptive and substantive representation exists not merely at the national level but also at the subnational level.
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Do female legislators represent women’s interests? Even though the existing literature has tried to answer this question and provided empirical evidence, there are only a few studies examining the influence of gender on legislative behaviors concerning women-friendly bills at the subnational level especially in the Asian context. To fill this academic void, this article based on the information about proposed bills in 17 subnational legislatures from 2012 to 2022 in South Korea tests whether the gender of individual legislators affects their sponsorship behaviors about women-friendly bills. Analyzing 208 proposed women-friendly bills, this article using logistic regression models demonstrates that female legislators are more likely to sponsor women-friendly bills compared to their male counterparts even in subnational legislative branches. More interestingly, this article finds that the influence of gender on sponsorship is conditioned by legislators’ party affiliation. This article contributes to the existing literature on gender and politics by demonstrating that the link between women’s descriptive and substantive representation exists not merely at the national level but also at the subnational level.
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