This article analyses barriers to women's political representation in Indonesia and the ways
that women candidates overcome them. Surveying the literature and drawing on three data …

In most democracies, lawmakers tend to be vastly better off than the citizens who elect them.
Is that because voters prefer more affluent politicians over leaders from working-class …

At the turn of the twenty-first century, an important pair of studies established that greater
female representation in government is associated with lower levels of perceived corruption …

How do stereotypes of female candidates influence citizens' perceptions of political fraud
and corruption? Because gender stereotypes characterize female politicians as more …

We study the effectiveness of a novel measure to reduce gender gaps in political
empowerment: double preference voting conditioned on gender, coupled with gender …

Hypothetically, in the open list PR system, all contestants, independently of their ballot
position, have the same chance of winning a mandate. In practice, candidates placed at the …

Evidence on whether there is a gender affinity effect in US elections is mixed. In this article,
we develop a theory of when gender affinity effects will be present and when they will be …

Why Aren't They There? is a comprehensive study of political representation in a cross-
national format, making a cross-country comparison of the representation of women, ethnic …

It is a well-established finding that proportional representation (PR) electoral systems are
associated with greater legislative representation for women than single member systems …

This article compares the relationship between candidate age and political selection on the
local and national level of politics. On which level are young candidates more likely to be …