WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES PARLIAMENTS

• Authors: Grzegorz Koszela , Luiza Ochnio
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

There are large differences in number of women MPs in EU countries parliaments. Some countries try to regulate this by determining quotas of women in the electoral lists, but in some cases the percentage of women elected is high without any regulations. There are also differences in the citizens standards of life depending on the state. The aim of the paper was to compare the women participation in the lower or in the single house of parliament of 28 countries belonging to EU. Beside this calculation, the comparison of Human Development Index (HDI) was compared in correlation to women presence in the government.

Keywords

EN

European Union parliaments; the lower house; women MP; human development index

• Publisher: Katedra Ekonometrii i Statystyki, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Metody Ilościowe w Badaniach Ekonomicznych
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 224-229

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Grzegorz Koszela

• Department of Econometrics and Statistics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW

author

Luiza Ochnio

• Department of Informatics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW

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