Does Local Female Political Representation Empower Women to Run for Higher Office? : Evidence from State and National Legislatures in India (English)

Does increasing the number of women in career stages that precede high-level positions affect female representation at the top of the career ladder? State legislature elections narrowly won by female candidates in India are exploited to examine the effect of expanding the pipeline of women in local politics on subsequent female representation and success in national legislature elections. For each additional state legislature election won by a woman...
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Ryan Brown; Hani Mansour; O'Connell,Stephen A..

Does Local Female Political Representation Empower Women to Run for Higher Office? : Evidence from State and National Legislatures in India (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099702512082310981

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