Gender-responsive budgeting is an approach that integrates gender considerations into all stages of the budgetary process, aiming to address gender disparities and promote gender equality. This study investigates the impact of gender-responsive budgeting on fiscal efficiency in the context of Indian states. Leveraging a Staggered Difference-inDifferences (DiD) framework as the primary empirical methodology, with Entropy Balancing employed as a robustness test, we assess the consequences of gender-responsive budget adoption by Indian states. Our analysis reveals a persistent positive effect from this adoption, extending across periods. One key transmission channel emerge as responsible for this sustained positive effect. Adopting gender-responsive budgeting has led to a substantial enhancement in the quality of revenue forecasts. The improved accuracy of revenue projections equips states to make more precise and timely resource allocation decisions, further boosting fiscal efficiency. In summary, this study underscores the enduring positive influence of gender-responsive budgeting, which incorporates gender considerations into fiscal policies, on fiscal efficiency in Indian states. The increased transparency and improved revenue forecasting resulting from gender-responsive budgeting signify its crucial role in fostering equitable resource allocation, ultimately enhancing fiscal efficiency and overall governance.
Authors
- Bibliographic Reference
- Cheick Camara. Gender Budgeting and Health Spending Efficiency in Indian States: A Staggered Difference-in-Differences Analysis. 2023. ⟨hal-04294262v2⟩
- HAL Collection
- ['Université de Clermont', "Centre d'études et de recherches sur le developpement international", 'CERDI - Études et Documents', 'CERDI - Working papers']
- HAL Identifier
- 4338663
- Institution
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
- Laboratory
- Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International
- Published in
- France
Table of Contents
- couv 2
- Gender-responsive budgeting is an approach that integrates gender considerations into all stages of the budgetary process, aiming to address gender disparities and promote gender equality. This study investigates the impact of gender-responsive budget... 4
- Keywords 4
- Regional government; regional policy; public economics; public finance 4
- JEL Codes 4
- interieur 1
- Introduction 8
- Methodology 12
- Data 12
- Efficiency score: the outcome variable 12
- The treatment and control variables 15
- Stylized facts 16
- Identification strategy 18
- Parallel trend assumption 21
- Results 23
- Robustness check: alternative estimation method 25
- Alternative Diff in Diff methods 25
- Entropy banalncing 29
- Methodological concept 29
- Correlation issue 32
- Results 34
- Transmission channel 36
- Conclusion and policy implications 39
- References 41
- Appendix 47
- Results for Battese and Coelli, 1995 51
