Rajaraman, Indira; Gupta, Manish - In: Indian Growth and Development Review 5 (2012) 2, pp. 108-130
Purpose – This paper aims to be nested in the empirical literature examining the impact of gender quotas for elected posts to local government councils (panchayats) in India. Gender quotas apply at the level of both head (sarpanch, randomly assigned) and member (uniformly across councils)....