Title: Can electoral laws increase women's representation?

Authors: Roberts, Andrew and Seawright, Jason

Place: Evanston, IL

Publisher: Northwestern university. Department of political science

Year: [2009]

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Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: women, political representation, political participation, comparative analysis

Abstract: This paper attempts to produce more accurate estimates of the effect of electoral rules on women’s representation by using within-country comparisons of electoral rule changes and bicameral systems as well as matching methods. The main finding is that the effect of electoral laws is not as strong as

URL: http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/publications/papers/2008/wp0808.pdf

Document type: Portal