choices using the example of child care – a public good arguably valued by women. We hand-collect micro-data for 224 …

This paper investigates the impact of voter support on the representation of women in the political profession. The … that among candidates who marginally qualify for the final round, women are 20 percent less likely than men to be elected …-lasting effects on career trajectories. Women are substantially less likely than men to win future elections and to climb the …

candidacy. Studying mechanisms, we find that women are likely held back by incompatibilities between family obligations and …

This paper investigates how direct election regimes (à la presidential democracy) affect the selection of women into … that direct election regimes ease the selection of competent politicians into office … of female mayors substantially. The results are stronger in cities with a high pre-reform share of female politicians and …

We ask three questions. First, do election systems differ in how they translate physical attractiveness of candidates … German election system that combines first-past-the-post election with party-list proportional representation, our results …

educational performance information may incentivize politicians to implement welfare-enhancing reforms …

from the right and one from the left, using panel data from 290 municipal election districts. To identify causal effects … incumbency advantage in the next election. Exploring possible mechanisms, we find evidence that when the anti-immigrant party … wins a marginal seat, they experience higher levels of politician turnover before the next election and receive negative …