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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFemale-led countries handled coronavirus better, study suggests
Countries led by women had systematically and significantly better Covid-19 outcomes, research appears to show, locking down earlier and suffering half as many deaths on average as those led by men.
The relative early success of leaders such as Germanys Angela Merkel, New Zealands Jacinda Ardern, Denmarks Mette Frederiksen, Taiwans Tsai Ing-wen and Finlands Sanna Marin has so far attracted many headlines but little academic attention.
The analysis of 194 countries, published by the Centre for Economic Policy Research and the World Economic Forum, suggests the difference is real and may be explained by the proactive and coordinated policy responses adopted by female leaders.
Even after clear and frequently cited outliers such as New Zealand and Germany and the US for male leaders were removed from the statistics, the study found, the case for the relative success of female leaders was only strengthened.
Our results clearly indicate that women leaders reacted more quickly and decisively in the face of potential fatalities, said Supriya Garikipati, a developmental economist at Liverpool University, co-author with Reading Universitys Uma Kambhampati.
In almost all cases, they locked down earlier than male leaders in similar circumstances. While this may have longer-term economic implications, it has certainly helped these countries to save lives, as evidenced by the significantly lower number of deaths in these countries.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/18/female-led-countries-handled-coronavirus-better-study-jacinda-ardern-angela-merkel
The relative early success of leaders such as Germanys Angela Merkel, New Zealands Jacinda Ardern, Denmarks Mette Frederiksen, Taiwans Tsai Ing-wen and Finlands Sanna Marin has so far attracted many headlines but little academic attention.
The analysis of 194 countries, published by the Centre for Economic Policy Research and the World Economic Forum, suggests the difference is real and may be explained by the proactive and coordinated policy responses adopted by female leaders.
Even after clear and frequently cited outliers such as New Zealand and Germany and the US for male leaders were removed from the statistics, the study found, the case for the relative success of female leaders was only strengthened.
Our results clearly indicate that women leaders reacted more quickly and decisively in the face of potential fatalities, said Supriya Garikipati, a developmental economist at Liverpool University, co-author with Reading Universitys Uma Kambhampati.
In almost all cases, they locked down earlier than male leaders in similar circumstances. While this may have longer-term economic implications, it has certainly helped these countries to save lives, as evidenced by the significantly lower number of deaths in these countries.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/18/female-led-countries-handled-coronavirus-better-study-jacinda-ardern-angela-merkel
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Female-led countries handled coronavirus better, study suggests (Original Post)
demmiblue
Aug 2020
OP
Speaking as a father, I now know why I always ran to my Mother when I felt sick as a kid.
world wide wally
Aug 2020
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)1. Of course they did
Proactive vs reactive.
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)2. This is a foolish paper
They have 19 countries they identify as women-led. 172 identified as male led.
That is ridiculously unbalanced. The authors should be embarrassed.
world wide wally
(21,738 posts)3. Speaking as a father, I now know why I always ran to my Mother when I felt sick as a kid.
They just know more.
JI7
(89,239 posts)4. And those women would not get elected nationwide in the US
while fucking idiot w Bush and the shitstain are able to be president.