Does Female Reservation affect Long-Term Political Outcomes? Evidence from Rural India
While studies have explored the impacts of political quotas for females at household level, differential effects on males and females and their evolution through time have received little attention. Using nationwide data from India spanning a 15-year period, we find that, while leader quality declin...
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okr-10986-204892021-04-23T14:03:56Z Does Female Reservation affect Long-Term Political Outcomes? Evidence from Rural India Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Nagarajan, Hari K. Xia, Fang public goods political quotas discrimination gender bias asset ownership political economy While studies have explored the impacts of political quotas for females at household level, differential effects on males and females and their evolution through time have received little attention. Using nationwide data from India spanning a 15-year period, we find that, while leader quality declines, gender quotas increase the level and quality of women’s political participation, their ability to hold leaders to account, and their willingness to contribute to public goods. Key effects persist beyond the reserved period and impacts on females often materialize only with a lag. 2014-10-29T18:32:13Z 2014-10-29T18:32:13Z 2014-09-17 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20489 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article India |
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While studies have explored the impacts of political quotas for females at household level, differential effects on males and females and their evolution through time have received little attention. Using nationwide data from India spanning a 15-year period, we find that, while leader quality declines, gender quotas increase the level and quality of women’s political participation, their ability to hold leaders to account, and their willingness to contribute to public goods. Key effects persist beyond the reserved period and impacts on females often materialize only with a lag. |
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Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Nagarajan, Hari K. Xia, Fang |
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Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Nagarajan, Hari K. Xia, Fang |
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Does Female Reservation affect Long-Term Political Outcomes? Evidence from Rural India |
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Does Female Reservation affect Long-Term Political Outcomes? Evidence from Rural India |
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Does Female Reservation affect Long-Term Political Outcomes? Evidence from Rural India |
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Does Female Reservation affect Long-Term Political Outcomes? Evidence from Rural India |
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Does Female Reservation affect Long-Term Political Outcomes? Evidence from Rural India |
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does female reservation affect long-term political outcomes? evidence from rural india |
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