The Persistence of Female Political Power in Africa

National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series • Vol/Iss. No. 33838 • JOUR • • Published In • Pages: 1-60 •
By Anderson, Siwan , du Plessis, Sophia, Parsa, Sahar, Robinson, James A.

Hypothesis

Concepts of political powers will have a positive correlation with historical female political representation.

Note

More specifically with concepts of “political”, “power”, and ”democratic. See Table 4 for details.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
OLS (Ordinary Least Squares) regressionSupportedp <.010.019UNKNOWN