Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Bias?
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Author(s)
Beaman, Lori
Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra
Duflo, Esther
Pande, Rohini
Topalova, Petia
Alternative Title
POWERFUL WOMEN: DOES EXPOSURE REDUCE BIAS?
Date Issued
November 2009
Journal
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Publisher
MIT Press
Citation
Beaman, Lori, et al. "Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Bias?" Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124.4 (November 2009), pp.1497-1540.
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Final published version
Abstract
We exploit random assignment of gender quotas for leadership positions on
Indian village councils to show that prior exposure to a female leader is associated with electoral gains for women. After ten years of quotas, women are more likely to stand for, and win, elected positions in councils required to have a female chief councilor in the previous two elections. We provide experimental and survey evidence on one channel of influence—changes in voter attitudes. Prior exposure to a female chief councilor improves perceptions of female leader effectiveness and weakens stereotypes about gender roles in the public and domestic spheres.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
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