Gender quotas and the quality of politicians

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 118, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-74

  Baltrunaite, Audinga ^a   Bello, Piera ^b   Casarico, Alessandra ^c,d   Profeta, Paola ^c,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d CESifo ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Average years of education; Difference in differences; Gender quotas; Municipal elections

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904110063     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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