local council. To address the endogeneity related to non-random election outcomes I employ a Regression Discontinuity Design … candidate. I find that the election of an additional female candidate leads to fewer newly participating female candidates in …

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

We investigate whether term limits can help historically underrepresented groups, such as women, gain faster access to … positions of political power. We exploit evidence from Italian local elections where, in a context of rapidly increasing women … higher if term limits had not been extended. The impact is stronger in municipalities with a larger presence of women at …

Though more than 100 countries have adopted gender quotas, the impacts of these reforms on women's political leadership … party on municipal party groups - to examine quotas' effect on women's selection and survival as leaders within their …, but not more likely to support the reelection of women to the post. Extending this analysis, we show that the quota …

Do women really improve conditions for gender equality after becoming heads of states? This study investigates if … having a woman at the helm of country's decision making processes leads to better indicators on women conditions. Using time …