Mothers and fathers in parliament: MP parental status and family gaps from a global perspective

• Main Authors: JOSHI, Devin K., GOEHRUNG, Ryan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Children; Marriage; Mothers; Parliament; Representation; Women; Gender and Sexuality; Political Science; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3292; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4538/viewcontent/Mother_Fathers_Parliamnet_sv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Studies of Western parliaments find women experience greater difficulty than men in combining parenting with a career in parliament. Is it the same worldwide? Addressing this issue, we compared the marital and parental status of legislators in 25 diverse parliaments around the world while theoretica...