Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments
研究印度泰米尔纳德邦144个村级政府中女性领导人的知识水平和与上级官员的互动，发现女性领导人知识较少、联系更少，导致学校与道路等需协调的公共品供给不足。
Using data from 144 village-level governments in India's Tamil Nadu state, we investigate political reservations for women and whether the gender of village government leaders influences the provision of village public goods. A knowledge test of village government presidents and a survey about the interaction between village presidents and higher-level officials reveal that female village government presidents have much lower knowledge of the village government system than do their male counterparts and have significantly less contact with higher-level government officials. Although male and female presidents provide similar amounts of some public goods, we find strong evidence that village governments led by a woman built fewer schools and roads—two public goods that require relatively more contact and coordination with higher-level officials.