This chapter reviews the literature on the intersection between prejudice and politics,
focused largely on prejudice and politics in the United States. The first two sections of the …

Although public administration scholars have long studied discrimination on the basis of
race/ethnicity, class, and gender, little to no research exists on whether street‐level …

Progress toward gender equality is thwarted by the underrepresentation of women in
political leadership, even as most Americans report they would vote for women candidates …

Name-based treatments have been used in observational studies and experiments to study
the differential effect of identity—commonly race or ethnic minority status. These treatments …

Many US elections provide voters with precious little information about candidates on the
ballot. In local contests, party labels are often absent. In primary elections, party labels are …

This article explores the Electoral Discrimination thesis, according to which voters tend to
discriminate against minority candidates. The free-list PR system used in Swiss elections …

Racial/ethnic minorities and women continue to be underrepresented in public office in the
United States. Here, we evaluate the role of general election political party support for …

We quantify the implications of voter bias and electoral competition for politicians' gender
composition. Unfavorable voters' attitudes toward women and local gender earnings gap …

The introduction of a quota in the French chess Club Championship in 1990, an activity
many players engage in next to playing in individual tournaments, provides a quite unique …

Women are underrepresented in politics. In this paper, we test one of the potential
explanations for this situation: gender biases from voters. We use a natural experiment …