Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics?
| Type of Publication: | Journal article |
| Publication status: | Published |
| Author: | Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Hessami, Zohal |
| Year of publication: | 2018 |
| Published in: | American Economic Journal : Economic Policy ; 10 (2018), 3. - pp. 95-121. - ISSN 1945-7731. - eISSN 1945-774X |
| DOI (citable link): | https://dx.doi.org/10.1257/pol.20170045 |
| Summary: |
Women remain underrepresented in politics and it remains unclear how this might change. In this paper, we investigate whether female council candidates receive more preferential votes when a female mayor has been recently elected into office. We hand collect data for 109,017 candidates in four open-list local council elections (2001-2016) in all 426 municipalities of a German state. Based on RDD estimations for close mixed-gender races, we show that female council candidates advance more from their initial list rank when the mayor is female. This effect spreads to neighboring municipalities and leads to a rising share of female council members.
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| Subject (DDC): | 330 Economics |
| Bibliography of Konstanz: | Yes |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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BASKARAN, Thushyanthan, Zohal HESSAMI, 2018. Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics?. In: American Economic Journal : Economic Policy. 10(3), pp. 95-121. ISSN 1945-7731. eISSN 1945-774X. Available under: doi: 10.1257/pol.20170045
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