Constituency service is a crucial concept for understanding the nature and intensity of the
links between representatives and their constituents. However, studies have been …

This article reviews the issues raised by the reaction to an audit experiment, studying the
responsiveness of British MPs to their constituents, in November and December 2020. The …

A growing body of literature investigates whether legislators show biases in their
constituency communication contingent upon constituent traits. However, we know little …

Correspondence study field experiments with political elites are a recent addition to
legislative studies research, in which unsolicited emails are sent to elites to gauge their …

The use of deception is common in elite correspondence audit studies. Elite audit studies
are a type of field experiment used by researchers to test for discrimination against …

Research suggests that organizational structure can influence the ability of actors to
discriminate. In this research note, we examine whether the structure of state legislatures …

Individual legislators can be important agents of political representation. However, this is
contingent upon their responsiveness to constituency requests. To study this topic, an …

In this paper, we report on the findings of a correspondence audit study to examine the
responsiveness of political candidates on social media in relation to ethnicity. This study …

Mass emails are frequently used by advocacy groups to mobilise supporters to lobby
legislators. But how effective are they at inducing constituent‐to‐legislator lobbying when …

Are elected officials more responsive to men than women inquiring about access to
government services? Women face discrimination in many realms of politics, but evidence is …