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

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 …

In this paper we study whether and how the belief that the gender of politicians affects their competence on different … investigate the relation between issue salience and women's performance using US data on House and Senate elections. Estimates of … that are typically listed as feminine and women's electoral outcomes. We therefore conclude that a bias indeed exists. The …

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

compare the differential political career progression of women who closely win versus closely lose a state legislature … election relative to an analogous impact for men who closely win or lose a state legislature election. We find that the effect … women, and its effect on winning a Congressional race is five times larger for men than women. These gaps emerge early in …

Members of parliament (MPs) often decide on their own salaries. Voters dislike self-serving politicians, and … politicians are keen to gratify their voters. In line with the political business cycle theories, politicians thus may well delay … increased by one percent. Politicians can increase their salaries at any point of time in the legislative period: understanding …

We analyze the topical question of how the compensation of elected politicians affects the set of citizens choosing to …

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 …

intensely about. We develop a model in which office and policy motivated politicians choose to support or oppose regulations on … these issues. We derive conditions under which politicians flip-flop, voting according to their policy preferences at the … beginning of their terms, but in line with the preferences of single-issue minorities as they approach re-election. To assess …