Gender Quotas and Politician Performance in Indian Local Government

• In Event: Politics and Governance in the Developing World

Brief Overview

While the distributional effects
of quotas are widely studied, we know little of their effects on efficiency, even though quota members
often differ from other members on personal traits and career incentives that might effect performance.

Authors

• Varun Karekurve Ramachandra, University of Rochester

• Alexander Lee, University of Rochester