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...

Post-election violence is a common form of conflict, but its underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Using data from the 2007 Philippine mayoral elections, this paper provides evidence that post-election violence is particularly intense after narrow victories by incumbents. Using a...