The Effect of Initial Female Political Success on the Subsequent Electability of Women

• In Event: The Gendered Politics of Supply and Demand

Brief Overview

Women have long faced gender bias, which is reflected in the low levels of female participation in politics. We explore the relationship between the theory of familiarity bias and electability of women following initial female political success.

Authors

• Katherine Overby, Louisiana State University

• Dmitriy Nurullayev, University of Arizona