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Gender Gap In Senior Positions In Central Administration: The Case Of The Spanish Government For The Period 2015-2021

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  • Josué GUTIÉRREZ-BARROSO

    (Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain)

  • Alberto Javier BÁEZ-GARCÍA

    (Assistant Professor, Department of Constitutional Law, Political Science and Philosophy of Law, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain)

  • Esther TORRADO MARTÍN-PALOMINO

    (Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain,)

  • Francisco FLORES-MUÑOZ

    (Assistant Professor, Department of Constitutional Law, Political Science and Philosophy of Law, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain)

Abstract

This article focuses on the evolving presence of women in senior positions in central government and dependent organism (General Administration of the State). The main goal is to analyse a new database for the first time, containing relevant data about the female presence during the period 2015 to 2021 through a new methodology, which is more reliable in terms of determining the level of the access of women to high positions of representation of political power in Spain. The key contribution of this study is twofold: (1) it resides in the design and exploration of a large database that goes beyond the information usually presented by the governmental statistics and that overcomes certain restrictive compilation criteria for these female senior officials and (2) it explores the situation after the global pandemic scenario. The results show how these metrics evolve from government to government with a significant change in political orientation.

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  • Josué GUTIÉRREZ-BARROSO & Alberto Javier BÁEZ-GARCÍA & Esther TORRADO MARTÍN-PALOMINO & Francisco FLORES-MUÑOZ, 2022. "Gender Gap In Senior Positions In Central Administration: The Case Of The Spanish Government For The Period 2015-2021," REVISTA ADMINISTRATIE SI MANAGEMENT PUBLIC, Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 2022(38), pages 120-131.
    • Handle: RePEc:rom:rampas:v:2022:y:2022:i:38:p:120-131
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    JEL classification:

    • D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
    • D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • Z18 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Public Policy

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