Halim Nafisa, Yount Kathryn M, Cunningham Solveig A, Pande Rohini P
Center for Global Health and Development and Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, 801 Massachusetts Ave, Crosstown Center, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118.
Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30322;
Soc Indic Res. 2016 Feb 1;125(3):813-851. doi: 10.1007/s11205-015-0870-4. Epub 2015 Jan 21.
Using a national district-level dataset of India composed of information on investments in primary schooling (data from the District Information Survey for Education [DISE, 2007/8]) and information on demographic characteristics of elected officials (data from the Election Commission of India [ECI, 2000/04]), we examined the relationship between women's representation in State Legislative Assembly (SLA) seats and district-level investments in primary schooling. We used OLS regressions adjusting for confounders and spatial autocorrelation, and estimated separate models for North and South India. Women's representation in general SLA seats typically was negatively associated with investments in primary-school amenities and teachers; women's representation in SLA seats reserved for under-represented minorities, i.e., scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, typically was positively associated with investments in primary schooling, especially in areas addressing the basic needs of poor children. Women legislators' gender caste identities may shape their decisions about redistributive educational policies.
利用印度国家层面的地区级数据集，该数据集包含小学教育投资信息（来自地区教育信息调查[DISE，2007/8]）以及民选官员的人口特征信息（来自印度选举委员会[ECI，2000/04]），我们研究了邦立法议会（SLA）席位中女性代表比例与地区层面小学教育投资之间的关系。我们使用了针对混杂因素和空间自相关进行调整的OLS回归，并分别为印度北部和南部估计了模型。在一般SLA席位中女性代表比例通常与小学设施和教师投资呈负相关；在为代表不足的少数群体（即在册种姓和在册部落）保留的SLA席位中女性代表比例通常与小学教育投资呈正相关，尤其是在满足贫困儿童基本需求的领域。女性立法者的性别-种姓身份可能会影响她们关于再分配教育政策的决策。
