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Do Gender Quotas Influence Women’s Representation and Policies? [PDF]

This paper investigates the effect of applying gender quotas on policy decisions. I first examine the effect of gender quotas on the representation of female legislators, study the correlation between gender quotas and different types of government ...
Chen, Li-Ju
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Gender Quotas in Politics

, 2020
Gender quotas in politics, also named “electoral gender quotas,” represent one of the major electoral reforms in world politics since the 1990s. It is an affirmative action measure, which requires a certain number or proportion of women—or of both men and women—among those nominated or elected.
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Women’s Underrepresentation in Corporate Power in Norway and US: Beyond In-group Favoritism

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2021
Despite increasing gender-equality in many areas, corporate power is still strongly male-dominated. Prevailing research often relies on the cognitive, demand-side mechanism of in-group favoritism based on single-country studies to produce generalized ...
Sigtona Halrynjo, Mary Blair-Loy
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CAN GENDER QUOTAS BREAK DOWN NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES? EVIDENCE FROM CHANGES IN ELECTORAL RULES [PDF]

In this paper we analyse the effect of gender quotas on women involvement in political activity using a rich data set providing information on all Italian local administrators elected from 1985 to 2007.
Maria De Paola, Rosetta Lombardo, Vincenzo Scoppa   +2 more
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Kvinner i styrer i Europa: Kjønnskvotering og anbefalinger for god selskapsstyring som virkemidler for endring

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De siste 20 årene har det blitt introdusert forskjellige virkemidler for å øke andelen kvinner i styrer i Europa. Dette omfatter varianter av kjønnskvotering samt andre virkemidler som anbefalinger om god selskapsstyring ofte kalt corporate governance ...
Hilde Fjellvær, Cathrine Seierstad
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Electoral quotas for women: an international overview [PDF]

This paper provides an overview of recent global trends in women’s political representation. It describes the different types of gender quotas that have been adopted, and summarises the various arguments for and against their use, as well as key issues ...
Joy McCann
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Does the gender composition of scientific committees matter? [PDF]

, 2017
We analyze how a larger presence of female evaluators affects committee decision-making using information on 100,000 applications to associate and full professorships in Italy and Spain.
Bagues, Manuel F., Sylos-Labini, Mauro, Zinovyeva, Natalia   +2 more
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The Representation of Women in National Parliaments: A Cross-national Comparison [PDF]

, 2017
Women's representation in national parliaments is examined using a large cross-national sample. Initially, the article seems to confirm previous findings that the electoral formula and quotas are good predictors for the proportion of women in parliament.
Ruedin, Didier
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Modeling and Mitigating Gender Bias in Matching Problems: A Simulation-Based Approach with Quota Constraints

Proceedings of the International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference
In high-stakes matching scenarios, such as hiring or resource distribution, biases tied to protected attributes, such as gender, can compromise fairness and efficiency.
Florian Wilhelm, Anja Pilz
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Women in German politics: still jobs for the boys? [PDF]

, 2004
Today the proportion of German politicians who are female is at an all time high. This has largely been achieved via quotas and most of the main parties now operate some kind of quota system. But have quantitative improvements in female representation in
McKay, J
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