Multilevel Governance and Women’s Legislative Representation

• In Event: Gender Representation in Political Institutions

Brief Overview

Using data on women’s representation (WR) in 383 regional parliaments in 19 European countries in 1970-2018, we show that despite the general increase in WR in all regions, it remains lower in the more politically powerful subnational legislatures.

Authors

• Kristina Gushchina, University of Cologne

• Andre Kaiser, University of Cologne