Upward Political Mobility: Gender Quotas in Indian Elections

• In Event: JSS SESSION: Just Enough But Not Too Many: Assessing Gender Quotas

Brief Overview

I find that state level variation in the timing of quotas in local governments induces a small but statistically significant increase (3%) in the proportion of women in the state legislatures.

Author

• Varun Karekurve Ramachandra, University of Rochester