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J. Animashaun, A. Wossink
2020
2020
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Animashaun, J., & Wossink, A. (2020). Patriarchy, pandemics and the gendered resource curse thesis: evidence from petroleum geology.
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Animashaun, J., and A. Wossink. “Patriarchy, Pandemics and the Gendered Resource Curse Thesis: Evidence from Petroleum Geology” (2020).
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Animashaun, J., and A. Wossink. Patriarchy, Pandemics and the Gendered Resource Curse Thesis: Evidence from Petroleum Geology. 2020.
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@article{j2020a,
title = {Patriarchy, pandemics and the gendered resource curse thesis: evidence from petroleum geology},
year = {2020},
author = {Animashaun, J. and Wossink, A.}
}
Abstract
This paper examines features shared by societies built around oil and the impact of COVID-19 For our cross-sectional analysis, we use epidemiological data on COVID-19, country-level long-run oil production data, and data on petroleum geology for econometric identification We first document that a country's long run oil production is associated with a significantly higher number of COVID-19 deaths Exploring mechanisms, we find that women's election into political offices reduces the risk from COVID-19, but only in oil-poor countries Furthermore, we find robust evidence that petroleum-wealth reduces the percentage of women in parliament Oil contributes to a gender imbalance in the population and affects the labour force market participation rate for men more than for women Overall, these findings highlight the risk and plausible mechanisms of COVID-19 vulnerability in oil-exporting countries Policy makers should be aware of these effects