Polling Officers and the Turnout Gender Gap

• In Event: Gender and Political Participation

Brief Overview

In this paper we exploit the random allocation of polling officers in the first elections women were enfranchised to see if it had an impact on reducing the gender turnout gap in elections that take place shortly after enfranchisement.

Authors

• Pau Vall-Prat, University of Barcelona

• Toni Rodon, Pompeu Fabra University