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August 5, 2022 / Uncategorized

Gender equality and policy congruence

Does public policy in Europe reflect women’s preferences equally well as men’s? In this new study in the European Political Science Review, Stefanie Reher compares the opinions of women and men on 20 policy issues in over 30 European countries. She finds that in most cases, majorities of men and women want the same policy outcomes. However, when women and men do prefer different policies, men are more likely to get the policies they want. In the paper, Stefanie Reher also looks at differences across countries. She finds that the percentage of women in parliament is not related to the extent to which women get the policies they prefer. However, she does show that the higher the number of parties in parliament, the more likely that women’s preferences are reflected in policy (see figure below).

 

 

 

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This new paper by Anne Rasmussen, Stefanie Reher and Dimiter Toshkov in the European Journal of Political Research studies the links between public opinion and policy on 20 policy issues across 31 European countries. It shows substantial levels of congruence between public opinion and policy-making, but finds less evidence for a relationship between (electoral) institutions and the link between public opinion and policy.

 

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a_rasmussen Anne Rasmussen @a_rasmussen ·
27 Oct 2021

Really pleased that this paper from our #GovLis project is out now 🙏 & summarized in @DToshkov ‘s great 🧵

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a_rasmussen Anne Rasmussen @a_rasmussen ·
2 Sep 2021

After busy conf @ECPR #ecprgc21, I got to discuss lobbying & @EPF_SRR’s Tip of the Iceberg report in DR news @Orientering

I talk about our #GovLis findings with e.g. @stefanie_reher + research by @IskanderDB etc.

Clip from 1:35:54-1:49:39 in the link: https://www.dr.dk/radio/p1/orientering/orientering-2021-09-01/

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