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Uganda's Recovery: The Role of Farms, Firms, and Government
In: Journal of development economics, Band 70, Heft 2, S. 535-543
ISSN: 0304-3878
Political inclusion and educational investment: Estimates from a national policy experiment in India
In: Journal of development economics, Band 135, S. 478-487
ISSN: 0304-3878
Political inclusion and educational investment: estimates from a national policy experiment in India
In: Journal of development economics, Band 135, S. 478-487
ISSN: 0304-3878
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Can Quotas Increase the Supply of Candidates for Higher-Level Positions? Evidence from Local Government in India
A common argument for quota policies is that they can increase the participation of targeted groups in positions that are not directly subjected to quotas or after quotas are no longer in place. I investigate this hypothesis empirically in the context of India, where one third of local political leadership seats are randomly assigned to be held by a woman in each election cycle. Quotas increase the number of female candidates who later contest seats in state and national legislatures, where such policies do not exist. This effect arises from the candidacy of beneficiaries who gained experience in local government due to the quotas and career politicians who continue contesting in longer-exposed areas. Effect magnitudes imply that the policy accounts for a substantial portion of the increase in female candidates for these bodies since the start of the policy. The new candidates have a higher probability of a top finish when they run on major party tickets or contest in areas where the local constituency overlaps closely with that of the contested seat.
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Can Quotas Increase the Supply of Candidates for Higher-Level Positions? Evidence from Local Government in India
In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 11286
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The short-lived effects of unconditional cash transfers to refugees
In: Journal of development economics, Band 160, S. 102942
ISSN: 0304-3878
The short-lived effects of unconditional cash transfers to refugees
In: Journal of development economics, Band 160, S. 1-10
ISSN: 0304-3878
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Experience, institutions, and candidate emergence: the political career returns to state legislative service
In: Political science research and methods: PSRM, Band 11, Heft 4, S. 763-784
ISSN: 2049-8489
AbstractMore than half of the current members of the US Congress served in their state legislature prior to holding federal office. We quantify the relationship between state legislative service and career progression to Congress. Using close elections for exogenous assignment of political experience across otherwise similar candidates, we show that serving in the state legislature more than doubles an individual's probability of eventually contesting a Congressional seat relative to a similar candidate who lost in a comparable election; it also doubles the individual politician's probability of eventually winning a Congressional seat. State legislatures thus create national politicians out of otherwise marginal political entrants. We then show that the effect of state legislative service on career progression is larger in more professionalized legislatures, highlighting the role of institutions in facilitating political career progression. Our results hold important implications for representation and accountability, and confirm that prevailing institutions can affect political selection via career progression.
Aid versus Trade Revisited: Donor and Recipient Policies in the Presence of Learning‐by‐Doing
In: The economic journal: the journal of the Royal Economic Society, Band 114, Heft 492, S. 150-173
ISSN: 1468-0297
Aid Intensity in Africa
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 29, Heft 9, S. 1527-1552