affiliation and gender. We conducted experimental elections in which participants made their vote choices based solely on … appear ready to further narrow the gender gap in politics. …

two-stage elections, candidates are admitted to the second round of voting based on the outcome of the first round. I find … difference-in-discontinuities design, I then show that the gender gap in the probability of being elected has long …

. We study in an experiment with 525 teenagers how both birth order and siblings' sex composition affect risk, time and …

, which combines a randomized experimental framework eliciting counterfactual choices with gender norms differences across … ethnicities and cohorts to identify the impacts of individual preferences and gender identity norms. Equal sharing of tasks yields … egalitarian gender attitudes significantly increases the probability of choosing an equal share of housework. Were attitudes …

This paper documents an important but mostly overlooked reason for female underrepresentation in politics: gender gaps … council elections (2001-2016) in a German state, we provide evidence for a gender recontest gap among both incumbent and non …

Gender norms, i.e. the role of men and women in the society, are a fundamental channel through which culture may … influence preferences for redistribution and public policies. We consider both cross-country and individual level evidence on … this mechanism. We find that in countries that are historically more gender-equal the tax system today is more …

This study investigates the influence of gender composition on allocation decisions involving a rank …-inequality tradeoff. In a laboratory experiment, participants chose to either alleviate inequality by relinquishing their current relative … rank or exacerbate inequality by maintaining their current rank. Two essential features of the experiment are: 1 …

This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service … and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to … legislature seats. This gender gap in advancing to Congress among state legislators is not generated by gender differences in …