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Gender differences in political career progression : evidence from U.S. elections
Brown, Ryan; Mansour, Hani; O'Connell, Stephen D.; … - 2019
This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to compare the differential political career progression of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064423
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Gender differences in political career progression : evidence from U.S. elections
Brown, Ryan; Mansour, Hani; O'Connell, Stephen D.; … - 2019
This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to compare the differential political career progression of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100340
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Gender Differences in Politician Persistence
Wasserman, Melanie - 2019
politicians by studying the persistence of candidates after they win or lose elections. I track the political trajectories of over …. Instead, the results suggest that in low information environments, voters may penalize novice female politicians, which deters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012888796
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Gender gaps in political careers : evidence from competitive elections
Cipullo, Davide - 2021
This paper investigates the impact of voter support on the representation of women in the political profession. The empirical analysis exploits two-stage elections in the United States and Italy to hold the selection of candidates constant. In two-stage elections, candidates are admitted to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012514279
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University graduates in Germany : determinants of time to degree, final grades, and pay at labor market entrance
Theune, Katja (contributor) - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011297028
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Pay for politicians and candidate selection : an empirical analysis
Kotakorpi, Kaisa; Poutvaara, Panu - 2009
In this paper, we estimate the effect of pay for politicians on who wants to be a politician. We take advantage of a … examine cross-party differences. -- Pay for politicians ; candidate selection ; gender differences in politics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003858861
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Pay for politicians and candidate selection : an empirical analysis
Kotakorpi, Kaisa; Poutvaara, Panu - 2010
A growing theoretical literature on the effect of politicians' salaries on the average level of skills of political … candidates yields ambiguous predictions. In this paper, we estimate the effect of pay for politicians on the level of education … politicians ; candidate selection ; gender differences in politics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003986878
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The Looks of a Winner : Beauty, Gender and Electoral Success
Poutvaara, Panu - 2006
We study the role of beauty in politics. For the first time, focus is put on differences in how women and men evaluate female and male candidates and how different candidate traits relate to success in real and hypothetical elections. We have collected 16,218 assessments by 2,772 respondents of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779320
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The Looks of a Winner : Beauty, Gender, and Electoral Success
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2007
We study the role of beauty in politics using candidate photos that figured prominently in electoral campaigns. Our investigation is based on visual assessments of 1,929 Finnish political candidates from 10,011 respondents (of which 3,708 were Finnish). An increase in beauty by one standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014049900
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Pay for Politicians and Candidate Selection : An Empirical Analysis
Kotakorpi, Kaisa - 2009
In this paper, we estimate the effect of pay for politicians on who wants to be a politician. We take advantage of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158664