Why Political Reservations

By Esther Duflo. 2005

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science, Soil Science, Economics & Operations Research, Social Sciences & Humanities

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Re-imagining Algorithmic Fairness in India and Beyond (2021, background): “studies have pointed to the successful redistribution of resources towards oppressed sub-groups, through reservations [43, 68, 152].”
Can Gender Quotas Break Down Negative Stereotypes? Evidence From Changes In Electoral Rules (2010, background): “As reported by Duflo (2005), quotas for women in parliaments in 2001 were in force in more than 30 countries.”
Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Bias? (2008, unknown): “…vignette, male Pradhans and second 23These results echo Duflo and Topalova (2004) who, using nation-wide data for India, showed that villagers are more dissatisfied with female leaders in general (also see Duflo, 2005) 23 time female Pradhans may be better leaders than first-time female Pradhans.”
Sorting through Affirmative Action: Three Field Experiments in Colombia (2017, background): “(2001) and Branisa, Klasen and Ziegler (2013)), and with changes in attitudes towards female politicians (Beaman et al., 2009; Duflo, 2005).”
Political Reservations and Women's Entrepreneurship in India (2013, unknown): “5 Kerala andWest Bengal restructured their institutions of local government before the passing of the 73rdAct (in 1991 and 1992, respectively), but elections implementing these reservationswere not held until after enforcement in 1993.”
Gender, Culture, and Corruption: Insights from an Experimental Analysis (2008, background): “…experimental studies that have examined behavioral gender differences have been based on data from the Western nations, with the majority being from the U.S. 30 See Duflo (2005) for a discussion of the various reasons for reserving positions for groups that are perceived as being disadvantaged.”