Social role theory provides a framework to help understand the complexity of gender in the
political sphere. We demonstrate how SRT both helps to explain extant research findings …

I use readability scores to test if referees and/or editors apply higher standards to women's
writing in academic peer review. I find:(i) female-authored papers are 1-6 percent better …

To study gender differences in candidate emergence, we conduct a laboratory experiment in
which we control the incentives potential candidates face, manipulate features of the …

In democracies, power is obtained via competition. Yet, as women gain access to
parliaments in record numbers, worldwide collaboration appears to be on the rise. This is …

Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective provides a clear, detailed introduction to
women's political participation and representation across a wide range of countries and …

The Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) brings together data on government activities in
over twenty countries, and provides a consistent categorizing system to understand when a …

Existing empirical research finds that female candidates have higher levels of qualifications
for political office compared to male candidates. An untested assumption behind this finding …

Previous scholarship has demonstrated that female lawmakers differ from their male
counterparts by engaging more fully in consensus‐building activities. We argue that this …

Claims of bias against female candidates abound in American politics. From superficial
media coverage to gender stereotypes held by voters, the conventional wisdom is that …

What does it take for women to win political office? This book uncovers a gendered
qualifications gap, showing that women need to be significantly more qualified than men to …