Search Results - subject:"women’s political representation"

Maternal mortality and women's political power

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Gomes, Joseph F.; … - 2021

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The Use of Quotas for Women’s Political Representation in the European Parliament

DODI, Ioana Antoaneta - In: Europolity – Continuity and Change in European … 7 (2013) 1, pp. 35-52

In this article I try to anticipate what would be the impact of introducing a quota system for women’s political … representation in the European Union. The perspective I use is that of the EU as a federal model that develops according to a …

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The Size of Local Legislatures and Women's Political Representation: Evidence from Brazil

Correa, Gabriel; Madeira, Ricardo A. - Departamento de Economia, Faculdade de Economia, … - 2014

Exploiting the exogenous changes in local legislature size at certain population thresholds in Brazil, this paper investigates whether the number of legislators can impact the political participation of women, a group that is extremely underrepresented in Brazilian politics. The results suggest...

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