Do Gender Quotas Influence Women's Representation and Policies?

This paper investigates the effect of applying gender quotas on policy decisions. I first examine the effect of gender quotas on the representation of female legislators, study the correlation between gender quotas and different types of government expenditures, and then use quotas as an instrument...

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Main Author: Li-Ju Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università Carlo Cattaneo LIUC 2010-06-01
Series:The European Journal of Comparative Economics
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Online Access:http://eaces.liuc.it/18242979201001/182429792010070102.pdf