How Does Identity-Based Representation Occur Within The Legislative Process? Assessing The Role of Deliberation In Representation

• In Event: Identity in Legislatures: Gender and Representation

Brief Overview

I argue that deliberation is a primary mechanism fostering identity-based representation. To test this expectation, I use a text-as-data approach by employing machine learning methods to analyze over 15,000 committee hearing transcripts.

Author

• Jacob Michael Lollis, University of Virginia