Gender gaps in policy making: Evidence from direct democracy in Switzerland
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- Patricia Funk & Christina Gathmann, 2015. "Gender gaps in policy making: evidence from direct democracy in Switzerland," Economic Policy, CEPR, CESifo, Sciences Po;CES;MSH, vol. 30(81), pages 141-181.
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Keywords
Female Policy Makers; Political Gender Gaps; Switzerland;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H10 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - General
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2008-11-25 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-LAB-2008-11-25 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-POL-2008-11-25 (Positive Political Economics)
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