Empirical findings of a negative association between female participation in politics and the
labor market, and levels of corruption have received great attention. We reproduce this …

This paper empirically analyzes the relationship between political leaders' socioeconomic
backgrounds and public budget deficits utilizing panel data on 21 OECD countries from …

Universal suffrage is a core element of democracy. However, in many democratic countries,
a large part of the inhabitants are foreigners without suffrage. We analyze the conditions …

Do politicians with a military background vote differently on military affairs? We investigate
the informative institutional setting of the Swiss conscription army. Politicians who served in …

The sex gap in politics is widely documented: women tend to support left-wing parties more
than men do. Evidence of this observation was recently supplemented by the identification of …

This study explores the impact of female political empowerment on air quality outcomes.
Women's stronger environmental concerns and pro-environmental behaviors may lead to …

Policy preferences have been shown to differ by sex within the electorate and among public
officials. We explore whether—in a context of budgetary restraints—sex differences in …

This article analyzes the effect of anti-corruption measures on female political
empowerment. We exploit a measure that prescribes the dissolution of city councils for mafia …

This paper examines the role of local TV market structure in US congressional politics,
exploiting variation in the overlaps of political markets and TV markets. Local TV stations are …

The study aims to empirically verify the hypotheses that the increase in the share of women
legislator in politics has the potential to reduce levels of corruption within the Parliament and …