Although we know that female representatives are more likely to sponsor women's issue bills, it is unclear whether and how this type of gendered leadership influences the substance of legislation. We seek to address this question by exploring the potential policy ramifications of issue gendering...

This study examines how the election of a top female political leader affects the representation of women within organizations. We argue that the election of a top female political leader has two countervailing effects. On the one hand, having a top female political leader can increase the...

We study whether female-headed local governments in Spain are more likely to engage in gender sensitive policies such as long-term care support, pre-schooling, or work and family-life balancing services. Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design estimated on the set of mixed electoral races,...

The objective of this study was to determine the type of leadership applied by the directors of amateur sports clubs. This quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out on a sample of 48 directors of sports clubs in total: 23 (47.91%) belonging to collective sports clubs...