Choosing the gender and skill of politicians: list composition and electability across Brazilian municipalities

This work project studies the effect of variations in the proportion of female candidates on the quality of politicians. This effect was divided between nominated and elected body. Cross-sectional data was used for two elections, and an OLS as an IV approach. Results show that the existence of femal...

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Main Author: Ferro, Adriana (author)
Format: masterThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/15610
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/15610