Does Local Female Political Representation Empower Women to Run for Higher Office? Evidence from State and National Legislatures in India

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Does Local Female Political Representation Empower Women to Run for Higher Office? Evidence from State and National Legislatures in India

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dc.contributor.author	Brown, Ryan
dc.contributor.author	Mansour, Hani
dc.contributor.author	O’Connell, Stephen D
dc.date.accessioned	2023-12-19T20:59:22Z
dc.date.available	2023-12-19T20:59:22Z
dc.date.issued	2021-08-14
dc.description.abstract	Does increasing the number of women in career stages that precede high-level positions affect female representation at the top of the career ladder State legislature elections narrowly won by female candidates in India are exploited to examine the effect of expanding the pipeline of women in local politics on subsequent female representation and success in national legislature elections. For each additional state legislature election won by a woman, there is a 34 percent increase in the number of female candidates contesting in the subsequent national election, and a 2.6 percentage-point increase in the average vote share won per female candidate. This relationship is driven by new female politicians and not by the progression of female state legislators nor by continued candidacy of previous female candidates for the national legislature.	en
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dc.language	English
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dc.subject	GENDER GAP
dc.subject	POLITICAL REPRESENTATION
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICE
dc.subject	EMPOWERMENT
dc.subject	INDIA
dc.title	Does Local Female Political Representation Empower Women to Run for Higher Office? Evidence from State and National Legislatures in India	en
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okr.date.disclosure	2023-12-19
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okr.region.administrative	South Asia
okr.region.country	India
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Governance
okr.topic	Governance::Politics and Government
okr.unit	Off of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
okr.volume	36 (1)
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