PATHBREAKERS? WOMEN'S ELECTORAL SUCCESS AND FUTURE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bhalotra, Sonia; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Iyer, Lakshmi
• 署名单位: University of Essex; Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; University of Notre Dame
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12492
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 1844-1878
• 关键词: regression discontinuity design; gender-gap; incumbency advantage; policy experiment; social identity; ELECTIONS; Quotas; performance; leadership; HEALTH

摘要

We investigate whether the event of women being competitively elected as state legislators encourages subsequent political participation among women. Using a regression discontinuity design on Indian constituency level data, we find that female incumbents are more likely than male incumbents to re-contest and that there is a decline in the entry of new women candidates. This decline is most pronounced in states with entrenched gender bias and in male-headed parties, suggesting an intensification of barriers against women in these areas. Similar results for (mostly male) Muslim candidates indicate the presence of institutionalised demand-side barriers rather than gender-specific preferences and constraints.