adopt suffrage, Switzerland, we demonstrate two main results. First, women suffrage has changed the scope of government much … provide new evidence on how women suffrage has affected government spending. Using data from the last country in Europe to … more than its size. Women are more likely to support expenditures for public goods like environment and public transport …

public goods. This paper investigates whether the difference in voting between men and women can be explained by differences … suffrage to poor men, rich women, and poor women, respectively. I find that the enfranchisement of both poor men and rich women …

. Using French and U.S voting records, I estimate that having daughters decreases support for abortion law by 25% for right …

Exploiting a natural voting experiment we identify female preferences for real policy issues in the electorate. We then …

Does electing female politicians increase women’s political representation? Using a difference-in-differences design on … the share of women in government. To address selection concerns, we apply the synthetic control method to a unique case of …. Our findings provide causal evidence that her entry led to a lasting rise in women’s political representation …

Women are severely underrepresented in American politics, especially among Republicans. This underrepresentation may … result from women being less willing to run for office, from voter bias against women, or from political structures that make … it more difficult for women to compete. Here we show how support for female candidates varies by voters’ party …

Women are severely underrepresented in American politics, especially among Republicans. This underrepresentation may … result from women being less willing to run for office, from voter bias against women, or from political structures that make … it more difficult for women to compete. Here we show how support for female candidates varies by voters' party …

Every day, three women are murdered in the United States by a current or former partner. Yet policy action to prevent … crimes against women in the developing world. This paper investigates whether the election of a female politician reduces the …

investigate the relation between issue salience and women's performance using US data on House and Senate elections. Estimates of … that are typically listed as feminine and women's electoral outcomes. We therefore conclude that a bias indeed exists. The … average effect of the bias is sizable with respect to the share of votes for women candidates, even if not large enough to …

dimensions in voting behaviour. A number of phenomena regarding these affinities and their interactions are detailed and explored …