This article analyzes the effect of anti-corruption measures on female political empowerment. We exploit a measure that prescribes the dissolution of city councils for mafia infiltration, leading to an exogenous decrease in the level of corruption within local government. We find that the percentage of female councilors and aldermen elected after compulsory administrations, as well as the probability of a female mayor, sharply increases relative to the control group; the effect of the measure is decreasing over time. The evidence suggests that the most likely mechanism mediating the result relies on the reduction in the voter bias against women as policymakers rather than the (self-)selection of women (JEL D72, D78, J16, J71, I38).

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腐败会阻碍女性参政吗？打击有组织犯罪措施的证据

本文分析了反腐败措施对女性政治赋权的影响。我们利用一项规定解散市议会以防止黑手党渗透的措施，从而导致地方政府内部腐败水平的外生性下降。我们发现，在强制施用后，女性议员和al夫选举产生的比例以及女性市长的可能性，相对于对照组而大幅增加。该措施的效果随着时间的推移而减弱。证据表明，调解结果的最可能机制依赖于减少选民对女性作为决策者的偏见，而不是女性的（自我）选择（JEL D72、D78、J16、J71、I38）。