Part-Time or Full-Time? State-level Institutional Choice and Representation

• In Event: The Gendered Politics of Supply and Demand

Brief Overview

We revisit the question of whether legislative professionalism affects women’s representation. We argue that the effect of professionalism depends on the pool of electorally viable women in the state.

Authors

• Brenna Armstrong, Texas A & M University

• Spencer Hamilton Goidel, Texas A & M University

• Thiago M.Q. Moreira, Louisiana State University