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 …

choices using the example of child care - a public good arguably valued by women. We hand-collect micro-data for 224 …

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 …

In this paper we study whether and how the belief that the gender of politicians affects their competence on different … investigate the relation between issue salience and women's performance using US data on House and Senate elections. Estimates of … that are typically listed as feminine and women's electoral outcomes. We therefore conclude that a bias indeed exists. The …