public health provision since the costs of poor services in this domain are disproportionately borne by women. Accounting for … in women's political representation results in a 1.5 percentage point reduction in neonatal mortality. Women politicians …. The results are topical given that a bill proposing quotas for women in state assemblies is currently pending in the …

political participation of women, using a regression discontinuity design on constituency level data from India. We find that … female incumbents are more likely than male incumbents to re-contest and that there is a decline in the entry of new women … intensification of barriers against women in these areas. Similar results for (mostly male) Muslim candidates indicate the presence of …

This paper analyzes the effect of a woman's electoral victory on women's subsequent political participation. Using the … regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India's state elections, we find that a woman … subsequent election. This stems mainly from an increased probability that previous women candidates contest again, an important …

This paper analyzes the effect of a woman's electoral victory on women's subsequent political participation. Using the … regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India's state elections, we find that a woman … subsequent election. This stems mainly from an increased probability that previous women candidates contest again, an important …

public health provision since the costs of poor services in this domain are disproportionately borne by women. Accounting for … in women's political representation results in a 1.5 percentage point reduction in neonatal mortality. Women politicians …. The results are topical given that a bill proposing quotas for women in state assemblies is currently pending in the …