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Bagues, Manuel F. and Campa, Pamela (2020) Women and power : unpopular, unwilling, or held back? Comment. Journal of Political Economy, 128 (5). pp. 2010-2016. doi:10.1086/705669
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1086/705669
Abstract
We use Spain’s Equality Law to test for the existence of agency problems between party leaders and their constituents. The law mandates a 40 percent female quota on electoral lists in towns with populations above 5,000. Using pre- and postquota data by party and municipality, we implement a triple-difference design. We find that female quotas resulted in slightly better electoral results for the parties that were most affected by the quota. Our evidence shows that party leaders were not maximizing electoral results prior to the quota, suggesting the existence of agency problems that hinder female representation in political institutions.
| Item Type: | Journal Item | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JL Political institutions (America except United States) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Women -- Political activity -- Spain, Women politicians -- Spain, Women -- Suffrage -- Spain, Voting -- Spain, Elections -- Spain | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Political Economy | ||||||||
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0022-3808 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | May 2020 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 128 | ||||||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 2010-2016 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1086/705669 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | © 2019 by The Authors. Accepted for publication by Journal of Political Economy on 20/06/2019 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 21 June 2019 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 June 2019 | ||||||||
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