Where are All the Women? Examining the Gender Gap among Elected and Unelected US Officials

• In Event: Wuthering Heights? Putting More Women in Power

Brief Overview

This paper uses a large administrative dataset across all levels of government to study the gender gap in elected and unelected officials. More so, the same data is used to provide data on the gender gap among local government officials.

Authors

• Alejandra Gimenez Aldridge, Stanford University

• Nathan Lee, Stanford