Gender quotas and the quality of politicians

Volume: 118, Issue: 11, Pages: 62 - 74
Published: Oct 1, 2014
Abstract
We analyze the effects of the introduction of gender quotas in candidate lists on the quality of elected politicians, as measured by the average number of years of education. We consider an Italian law which introduced gender quotas in local elections in 1993, and was abolished in 1995. As not all municipalities went through elections during this period, we identify two groups of municipalities and use a Difference in differences estimation. We...
Paper Details
Title
Gender quotas and the quality of politicians
Published Date
Oct 1, 2014
Volume
118
Issue
11
Pages
62 - 74
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