Male-Dominated Chambers, Political Careers, and The Adoption of Legislative Gender Quotas

• In Event: Gender Quotas

Brief Overview

Why do male-dominated legislatures adopt gender quotas? Short careers cut resistance: with low reelection, quotas threaten less. A model and event-history data show low reelection predicts earlier adoption.

Authors

• Agustin Vallejo, Hobby School of Public Affairs

• Gonzalo Di Landro, Rice University