Quotas and qualifications: The impact of gender quota laws on the qualifications of legislators in the Italian parliament

European Political Science Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 119-144

  Weeks, Ana Catalano ^a   Baldez, Lisa ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

gender quotas; Italy; legislatures; qualifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938210016     PISSN: 17557739     EISSN: 17557747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755773914000095     Document Type: Article

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