Electoral gender quotas now exist in a majority of national legislatures worldwide. In
general, quotas are followed by greater legislative attention to the interests and priorities of …

Women remain underrepresented in cabinets, especially in high-prestige,“masculine”
portfolios. Still, a growing number of states have appointed women to the finance ministry—a …

What do we know about women's negotiation of power in the Global South? The prevailing
view tells us that women's power in the Global North is greater than in the South. Yet across …

We investigate whether legislation of equal inheritance rights for women modifies the
historic preference for sons in India, and find that it exacerbates it. Children born after the …

This paper provides an overview of the relationship between tax policy and gender equality,
covering labor, capital and wealth, as well as consumption taxes. It considers implicit and …

This study investigates the impact of women's political representation on children's health
outcomes from 1990 to 2020 using a global dataset comprising 162 countries. The child …

In India, there persists a striking gender gap in political participation. Women's political
participation is important both on normative grounds of inclusion and because when women …

How do international audiences perceive, and respond to, gender equality reforms in
autocracies? For autocrats, the post-Cold War rewards associated with democracy create …

How can we close persistent gender gaps in political participation? We develop a theory
highlighting the role of male household members as “gatekeepers” of women's participation …

Gender quotas are increasingly being adopted by autocrats in part to legitimize their rule.
Yet, even in autocracies, these quotas increase women's political representation. It thus …