Incumbents' Interests and Gender Quotas

By Guillaume R. Fréchette, François Maniquet, Massimo Morelli. 2008

148 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Gender Studies, Political Science and International Relations

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/1ad9ccf260ec69a19addc228c64a27254edf5d02

Citations in the corpus

• The Ties That Double Bind: Social Roles and Women's Underrepresentation in Politics (2018, unknown): “…views than the public at large; on the other hand, male political elites might strategically use sexism as a way to reduce competition for office (Frechette, Maniquet, and Morelli 2008).4 Voter and politician preferences might also diverge in partisan primaries if voters choose more…”
• Gender Quotas and the Quality of Politicians (2014, unknown): “Maniquet et al. (2008) show that in single-member districts incumbent politicians may want to introduce gender quotas to increase the probability of running against a woman and of being reelected, given voters’ bias in favor of men candidates.1 Our paper is also related to the growing literature on…”
• How Costly Is Diversity? Affirmative Action in Light of Gender Differences in Competitiveness (2013, unknown): “Quotas have recently been used throughout Europe to improve the representation of women in both the corporate and political arenas; see Fréchette et al. (2008) and Jones (2004).”