This research note highlights the underrepresentation of younger people in parliaments
across the globe, which has been a persistent issue for decades. We introduce a novel open …

The underrepresentation of young adults is widespread in the parliaments of Western
democracies. Yet evidence suggests that voters do not have a negative bias towards young …

While in most countries the age of candidacy is 18, young people are strongly
underrepresented in legislatures around the world. This results in a notable age gap …

A widespread assumption in political science research and among the public is that
politicians from marginalized groups, including women, disadvantaged racial–ethnic groups …

This article introduces the World Age Representation in Cabinet (WARC) dataset, the first
comprehensive dataset on age representation in cabinet. It provides information on the age …

The underrepresentation of youth in politics fuels a vicious cycle of political alienation. Due
to the low presence of youth in political institutions, their specific interests are not adequately …