The aim of this study is to contribute to the growing research on the effect of female political empowerment and quality of life. In particular, we explore the relationship between women’s parliamentary representation and sustainable development goals using cross-country spanning from 2015 to 2019. We find that an increase in the seat share of women in parliaments is positively and significantly related to SDGs. This relationship remains intact even after we introduce potential mediating channels and confounding factors. Moreover, using the instrumental variable regression method, we find that women in parliament are positively and causally related to sustainable development goals.

这项研究的目的是促进对女性政治赋权和生活质量的影响的日益增长的研究。尤其是，我们使用跨国家范围（从2015年到2019年）来探讨妇女在议会中的代表权与可持续发展目标之间的关系。我们发现，妇女在议会中所占份额的增加与可持续发展目标成正比，并与之显着相关。即使我们引入了潜在的调解渠道和混淆因素，这种关系仍然完好无损。此外，使用工具变量回归方法，我们发现议会中的妇女与可持续发展目标成正相关和因果相关。