Do female politicians empower women to vote or run for office? A regression discontinuity approach

Electoral Studies

Volumn 34, Issue , 2014, Pages 190-204

  Broockman, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Descriptive representation; Political participation; Quasi experiment; Regression discontinuity; Women and politics

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DISCONTINUITY; EMPOWERMENT; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOTING BEHAVIOR; WOMENS STATUS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896068750     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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