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Representación Femenina y Justicia: ¿Reducen las Mujeres Alcaldesas la Impunidad en la Violencia Basada en Género?
[Female Representation and Justice: Do Women Mayors Reduce Impunity in Gender-Based Violence?]

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  • Jennifer Katherine Rincón-Amaya

    (Universidad de los Andes)

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Este artículo estudia el efecto causal de elegir a una alcaldesa sobre el procesamiento de los casos de violencia basada en género en Colombia. Utilizando un diseño de regresión discontinua en elecciones municipales cerradas con competencia entre candidatos de distinto género, muestro que los municipios que eligen por un margen estrecho a una mujer presentan mayores niveles de impunidad medida en los casos de violencia sexual y violencia intrafamiliar durante el período de gobierno posterior a la elección. Este aumento se concentra en las etapas intermedias del proceso penal y refleja un incremento en las denuncias que supera la capacidad del aparato acusatorio, más que un deterioro en el desempeño institucional. De manera consistente con esta interpretación, las alcaldesas se asocian con mayores tasas de denuncia y con incrementos modestos en la inversión local en justicia y seguridad.

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  • Jennifer Katherine Rincón-Amaya, 2026. "Representación Femenina y Justicia: ¿Reducen las Mujeres Alcaldesas la Impunidad en la Violencia Basada en Género? [Female Representation and Justice: Do Women Mayors Reduce Impunity in Gender-Based Violence?]," Documentos CEDE 2026-12, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
    • Handle: RePEc:col:000089:022254
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    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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