A policy experiment in India suggests that placing female leaders in positions of power can dramatically change public attitudes.
The introduction of electoral gender quotas in diverse contexts around the globe has attracted a great deal of scholarly and political…
India Policy Forum is a joint venture of the Brookings Institution and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) that aims…
If the Women’s Reservation Bill becomes law, then 181 out of 543 national legislators and 1370 out the 4109 state legislators will be women…
We exploit random assignment of gender quotas for leadership positions on Indian village councils to show that prior exposure to a female…
While women have the legal right to equal participation in politics in almost every country around the world, they remain vastly…