The share of women in political offices has increased considerably over the past few
decades in almost every country in the world. Does this matter for policy outcomes? This is …

This article reviews the existing field experimentation literature on the prevalence of
discrimination, the consequences of such discrimination, and possible approaches to …

Conventional algorithmic fairness is West-centric, as seen in its subgroups, values, and
methods. In this paper, we de-center algorithmic fairness and analyse AI power in India …

Can a democracy attract competent leaders, while attaining broad representation?
Economic models suggest that free-riding incentives and lower opportunity costs give the …

This paper studies the impact of gender quotas for corporate board seats on corporate
decisions. We examine the introduction of Norway's 2006 quota, comparing affected firms to …

In 2003, a new law required that 40% of Norwegian firms' directors be women—at the time
only 9% of directors were women. We use the prequota cross-sectional variation in female …

Much has been written about the measurement of socio-economic position (SEP) in high-
income countries (HIC). Less has been written for an epidemiology, health systems and …

This paper uses political reservations for women in India to study the impact of women's
leadership on policy decisions. Since the mid‐1990's, one third of Village Council head …

Caste plays a role at every stage of an Indian's economic life, in school, university, the labor
market, and into old age. The influence of caste extends beyond private economic activity …

We exploit random assignment of gender quotas for leadership positions on Indian village
councils to show that prior exposure to a female leader is associated with electoral gains for …