Competing on equal terms? How the gender gap of incumbent politicians vary according to the competitive context

• In Event: Gender and Electoral Representation

Brief Overview

The study explores the gender gap in how women and men incumbents fare under OLPR and how this is related to the electoral context in which they run for office. Data from 14 parliamentary elections in Finland 1970–2019 are analysed.

Authors

• Asa von Schoultz, University of Helsinki

• Peter Söderlund, Åbo Akademi University