TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender Inequality and the Rule of Law
AU - Barajas-Sandoval, Eduardo
AU - Botero-Pinzón, Helena
AU - Botero, Juan Carlos
AU - Pinzón-Rondón, Angela Maria
AU - Ruiz-Sternberg, Angela Maria
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/4
Y1 - 2023/4
N2 - This study examines the hypothesis that adherence the rule of law is a cross-cutting determinant of gender inequality. We gathered data from previously published sources to calculate the correlation between gender inequality and the rule of law, using a cross-sectional and ecological design. Data was collected between 2017 and 2019 from United Nations (gender inequality, health, and economic data); political freedom from Freedom House; income inequality from the World Bank; and adherence to the rule of law from the World Justice Project. We found an association between gender inequality and adherence to the rule of law, controlling for economic inequality, population, GDP per capita, health expenditure per capita, education, ethnolinguistic fractionalization, and political rights and civil liberties. While the design of the study does not permit causality to be inferred, we propose here three plausible causal mechanisms, borne out in other studies, which suggest it: (1) weak enforcement of rights; (2) legal frameworks that tolerate violence against women; and (3) corruption.
AB - This study examines the hypothesis that adherence the rule of law is a cross-cutting determinant of gender inequality. We gathered data from previously published sources to calculate the correlation between gender inequality and the rule of law, using a cross-sectional and ecological design. Data was collected between 2017 and 2019 from United Nations (gender inequality, health, and economic data); political freedom from Freedom House; income inequality from the World Bank; and adherence to the rule of law from the World Justice Project. We found an association between gender inequality and adherence to the rule of law, controlling for economic inequality, population, GDP per capita, health expenditure per capita, education, ethnolinguistic fractionalization, and political rights and civil liberties. While the design of the study does not permit causality to be inferred, we propose here three plausible causal mechanisms, borne out in other studies, which suggest it: (1) weak enforcement of rights; (2) legal frameworks that tolerate violence against women; and (3) corruption.
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U2 - 10.1007/s40803-022-00175-9
DO - 10.1007/s40803-022-00175-9
M3 - Research Article
AN - SCOPUS:85133892858
SN - 1876-4045
VL - 15
SP - 95
EP - 107
JO - Hague Journal on the Rule of Law
JF - Hague Journal on the Rule of Law
IS - 1
ER -