Who Wants To Be a Leader? Gender, Plans, and Politics

• In Event: Gender and Candidate Emergence

Brief Overview

Among Sciences Po students, women are less likely to plan to enter politics, even if they are as capable as men. The gap can be explained by absolute and relative self-confidence, but not by fear of future discrimination.

Authors

• Yann Algan

• Ghazala Azmat

• Quoc-Anh Do, Northwestern University