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Women’s Political
Participation and FDI
Alyson Matthews
Ruth Whittaker
Research Question
Does women’s political participation have an
effect on FDI inflows to host countries?
The Debate...
- Women’s political participation leads to a
host of positive outcomes
- Determinants of FDI
-
Positive
Negative
- Effects of FDI on Women
Hypothesis
- Greater representation in parliament leads to
an increase in FDI inflows
Methodology
- Independent Variable: percentage of
parliamentary seats held by women
- Dependent Variable: FDI inflows
-
percentage of GDP
Balance of Payments
Source: World Bank Data
Results
Where do we go from here?
- narrow our focus
-
developing countries
region