Path-Breakers: How Does Women's Political Participation Respond to Electoral Success?
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Path-Breakers: How Does Women's Political Participation Respond to Electoral Success?
Path-Breakers: How Does Women’s Political Participation Respond to Electoral Success? This paper analyzes the effect of a woman’s electoral victory on women’s subsequent political participation. Using the regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India’s state elections, we find that a woman winning office leads to a large and significant increase in the shar...
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عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2350805