Besley, Timothy; Folke, Olle; Persson, Torsten; Rickne, … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013
data on labor-market performance to craete a measure of the competence of politicians. We investigate the effects of the … Social Democratic party in 1993. Far from being at odds with meritocracy, this quota increased the competence of male … politicians where it raised the share of female representation the most. …