🚨NEW PAPER in Political Studies with @monikaturyna.bsky.social and @jkantorowicz.bsky.social!
Are more women elected in proportional elections than in majoritarian ones?
This has been long believed to be true. We test it for 🇵🇱 using the regression discontinuity design.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217241308098
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Are more women elected in proportional elections than in majoritarian ones?
This has been long believed to be true. We test it for 🇵🇱 using the regression discontinuity design.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217241308098
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Comments
Smaller ones have first-past-the-post (single-member) districts.
Larger ones have proportional representation with open lists (voters choose their preferred candidate).
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Although many more women run in larger municipalities (because of the 35% mandatory gender quota), not more women are elected.
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The systems seem to be less relevant than cultural changes.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17457289.2024.2343379?src=exp-la