BR_Elections_2018.xlsx

The research analyzed the relationship between the female presence in the national and regional executives of the parties and the total of public resources destined for the candidates who ran for the position of federal deputy. The hypotheses presented were: (i) in the states where more women have held these positions, the directing of public resources to female candidates will have been better; (ii) the greater women’s presence in party decision-making core can lead to better access of women who participated in electoral disputes; (iii) left-wing parties will present more women on their executive committees. <br> This data were taken from the Electoral Data Repository and the Party Information Management System (SGIP3), both databases made available by the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court (TSE, 2020). <br> The main variables mobilized were: SIGLA_UF: abbreviation of Brazilian states SIGLA_PARTIDO: abbreviation of Brazilian parties SEX: MALE and FEMALE WHITE_NOT: "1" white people and "0" others RE-ELECTION: "1" people who ran for re-election and "0" others REC_PUB: public resources used in the election by each contestant, sum of variables FECF and FUND_PART RP_UF: public resources (REC_PUB) added according to the federative unit (SIGLA_UF) where it was mobilized PROP_RP: percentage of public resources used in each state by each party - PROP_RP = round(REC_PUB/RP_UF*100) COMISSAO_EST: type of state commission, whether definitive (DEFINITIVA) or provisional (PROVISORIA) NAC_PRESIDENTE: "1" women in the presidency of the national party commission and "0" without a woman in the position NAC_SEC_GERAL: "1" women in the general secretary of the national party commission and "0" without a woman in the position NAC_FINANCAS: "1" women in the treasurer of the national party commission and "0" without a woman in the position EST_PRESIDENCIA: "1" women in the presidency of the regional party commission and "0" without a woman in the position EST_SEC_GERAL: "1" women in the general secretary of the regional party commission and "0" without a woman in the position EST_FINANCAS: "1" women in the treasurer of the regional party commission and "0" without a woman in the position LEFT_NOT: "1" left parties and "0" others