We construct a new dataset on the presence of women on central bank monetary policy committees for a set of 103 countries, over the period 2002-2016. We document an increasing share of women in monetary policy committees, which is mainly associated with a higher overall presence of women in...

This paper analyses the gender representation in monetary policy committees, offering three contributions. We propose the first index to evaluate the gender representation in monetary policymaking – i.e. the GMP Index – for a sample of 112 countries as of 2015. Second, we investigate the...

During health emergencies and economic crises, country leaders make extensive use of direct communication to inform citizens and encourage compliance. We use real-time survey data to assess the effectiveness of an unexpected broadcast speech on economic aid measures delivered by the Prime...