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Joseph Flavian Gomes
Joseph Flavian Gomes is an Assistant Professor in Economics at the Economics School of Louvain and the Institute of Economic and Social Research (IRES) at UCLouvain; and a CEPR Research Affiliate (International Trade and Regional Economics programme, Development Economics programme). Prior to this he was Assistant Professor at the Navarra Center for International Development (NCID), University of Navarra. His primary fields of interest are development economics and political economy. His current research focuses on the political economy of ethnic diversity, and the effects of gender prejudice on gender inequality in health outcomes. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University Carlos III of Madrid and has worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the University of Essex prior to joining Navarra.
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How women in politics impact maternal mortality
In the twelfth post of I4I’s month-long campaign to mark International Women’s Day 2023, Bhalotra et al. show that mortality during and after childbirth remains high, even where the knowledge and resources to avoid this are available, and demonstrate that raising the share of women in parliament can trigger action. Leveraging the introduction of gender quotas across developing countries, they identify reductions in maternal mortality, through increased skilled birth attendance and prenatal care utilisation, alongside a decline in fertility and an increase in schooling.
