Variation in Corruption Between Mexican States Elaborating the Gender Perspective
Sammanfattning
Dollar et al. (2001) sparked off research on gender and corruption. They showed, in a
cross-country comparative study, that a high number of women in elected office is
related to a low level of corruption. Whether there is a causal relationship is,
however, disputed. Sung (2003) has argued that modern liberal democracy is the
driving force behind a high number of women elected, as well as government
accountability. This paper focuses on subnational variation in Mexico. Data from
Transparency International indicate that corruption is ten times more likely to occur
in requesting or receiving public services in the state most hit by corruption than in
the state least affected. There is also considerable variation in the numbers of women
elected, and the subnational analysis confirms previous cross-country findings: states
with a high number of women elected tend to display lower levels of corruption than
states with a low number of women elected. The Mexican case strengthens the idea
that there are important links between gender and corruption. This paper launches a
“rationality perspective,” arguing that when calculating costs and benefits, women
more often than men choose to abstain from corrupt behavior.
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Datum
2010-06Författare
Wängnerud, Lena
Nyckelord
corruption
gender
Mexico
public services
subnational level
ISSN
1653-8919
Serie/rapportnr.
Working Papers
2010:18
Språk
eng