We investigate the effect of women's political leadership in local government on domestic
violence against women. Using a regression discontinuity design, we compare Brazilian …

Recent studies demonstrate that female leaders can improve gender-specific outcomes
along multiple dimensions through better provision of public goods and legislative changes …

This paper shows how the geography of racial violence across the post-Reconstruction US
South was tied to the local political performance of the Democratic Party. Analyzing close …

This paper asks whether social movements taking place on Twitter affect gender-based
violence (GBV). Using Twitter data and machine learning methods, we construct a novel …

Billions of women still face legal barriers to economic inclusion, yet it is unclear whether
lifting these barriers is sufficient to enhance their economic participation. We conduct a field …

Every day, three women are murdered in the United States by a current or former partner.
Yet policy action to prevent gender-based violence has been limited. Previous studies have …

Funded by the Department of Justice, the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) is a domestic
violence protocol that has been implemented in over 600 police agencies across the US …

This study explores the influence of female political leadership on bureaucratic practices,
focusing on school management under a regression discontinuity design in mayoral …

The purpose of this project is to explore in-depth whether the identity of elected agents
measurably contributes to the goal of achieving more representative democracies. The push …

Este trabalho investiga a relação entre a composição de gênero das chapas eleitas em
eleições municipais e indicadores de violência contra mulheres. Utilizando dados do …