result from women being less willing to run for office, from voter bias against women, or from political structures that make … politicians' faces. When choosing between female and male candidates, Democrats, and especially Democratic women, preferred female … findings suggest that voter bias against women cannot explain women's underrepresentation. On the contrary, American voters …

result from women being less willing to run for office, from voter bias against women, or from political structures that make … politicians’ faces. When choosing between female and male candidates, Democrats, and especially Democratic women, preferred female … findings suggest that voter bias against women cannot explain women’s underrepresentation. On the contrary, American voters …

election relative to an analogous impact for men who closely win or lose a state legislature election. We find that the effect …

election relative to an analogous impact for men who closely win or lose a state legislature election. We find that the effect …

that direct election regimes ease the selection of competent politicians into office. …This paper investigates how direct election regimes (à la presidential democracy) affect the selection of women into … of female mayors substantially. The results are stronger in cities with a high pre-reform share of female politicians and …

In this paper we study whether and how the belief that the gender of politicians affects their competence on different …-specific gender bias in elections which can describe both the presence of a real comparative advantage ('kernel-of-truth' case, or … stereotype) and the case of pure prejudice. We show that, if the bias exists, it influences electoral results and that its effect …