gender disadvantages in career advancement is less clear, however. Qualitative research suggests that women face … face severe career disadvantages when collaborating in cohesive teams. At the same time, gender disadvantages are reduced … career survival models and interaction effects between gender and different measures of social capital and information …

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 … legislature seats. This gender gap in advancing to Congress among state legislators is not generated by gender differences in …