Women and power: Unpopular, unwilling, or held back?

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 641-669

  Casas Arce, Pablo ^a   Saiz, Albert ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL SYSTEM; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL POWER; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84930037500     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/680686     Document Type: Article

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