A Peril to Pluralism? How Crimes Against Politicians Undermine Female Representation.

• In Event: Gender and Representation

Brief Overview

We draw on novel observational data and a survey experiment on crimes against politicians to demonstrate that attacks directly affect the decision to enter politics and that this effect is more pronounced among female candidates.

Authors

• Jeyhun Alizade, Princeton University

• Fabio Ellger, WZB Berlin Social Science Center

• Marius Kilian Grünewald, European University Institute

• Thomas Tichelbaecker, Princeton University