A large literature has studied the context that affects women's numerical representation, but few have moved beyond … careers of 35.000 Swedish municipal politicians over six election cycles we first document the said gender gap. Women are … parties closes the gap, we argue that a negative bias against women among party selectors thrives in contexts where …

Though more than 100 countries have adopted gender quotas, the impacts of these reforms on women's political leadership … party on municipal party groups - to examine quotas' effect on women's selection and survival as leaders within their …, but not more likely to support the reelection of women to the post. Extending this analysis, we show that the quota …

This paper addresses women's under-representation in top jobs in organizational hierarchies. We show that promotions to … top jobs dramatically increase women's probability of divorce, but do not affect men's marriages. This effect is causally … in dual-earner households and are married to older husbands who take a small share of parental leave. Divorce among women …

candidate-level data from Ireland and Sweden support the idea that dynastic ties help women overcome a vote disadvantage in …Throughout history and across countries, women appear more likely than men to enter politics at the heels of a close … empirically supported by a declining gap over time, and following the introduction of a gender quota in Sweden. …