Are women leaders really doing better on coronavirus? The data backs it up

Sep 3, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel wears a mask as she leaves her annual summer news conference during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Berlin, Germany, August 28, 2020. Michael Kappeler/Pool via REUTERS - RC2ZMI9CHMUB

Angela Merkel, German Chancellor. Image: Michael Kappeler/Pool via REUTERS

Supriya Garikipati

Associate Professor in Development Economics, University of Liverpool

Uma S Kambhampati

Professor of Economics; Head of School, University of Reading

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Comparing cases across similar countries. Image: Constructed by authors from various sources Worldometer, UNDP, and the World Bank., Author provided

F-led and M-led countries matched using GDP/pc, Pop, Pop Density and Pop over 65. Image: Constructed by authors from various sources Worldometer, UNDP, and the World Bank., Author provided

Comparing COVID-19 deaths across similar nations. Image: Constructed by authors from various sources Worldometer, UNDP, and the World Bank., Author provided

Norway’s prime minister Erna Solberg practices pandemic friendly greetings with children. Image: EPA/Hakon Mosvold Larsen

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