Beaman, Lori; Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra; Duflo, Esther; … - In: The Quarterly Journal of Economics 124 (2009) 4, pp. 1497-1540
We exploit random assignment of gender quotas for leadership positions on Indian village councils to show that prior exposure to a female leader is associated with electoral gains for women. After ten years of quotas, women are more likely to stand for, and win, elected positions in councils...