Olga Avdeyeva
Biographic Data
| ID | 1599807 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olga Avdeyeva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olga |
| FAMILY NAME | Avdeyeva |
| SIGNATURE | AVDEYEVA O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loyola University Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7099-0116 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 96 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Dominant party and co-ethnic vote in Russia’s ethnic republics
This study provides the first empirical evidence of ethnic identity bias in the context of the dominant-party authoritarian electoral system in Russia’s multi-ethnic republics. I run vote-choice survey experiments in Tatarstan, Buryatia, and Sakha, in which the respondents choose between the dominant United Russia candidate and a system-opposition A Just Russia candidate. First, I find that the party vote in previous elections is the best predict…
International socialization, international politics, and the spread of state bureaucracies for women’s advancement
Since 1975, almost every country in the world has formed a bureaucracy on gender equality. By 2018, more than 160 states had established offices for women’s advancement either at low (office within a ministry) or high (e.g., ministry) levels of government. Such institutional proliferation is puzzling because many of these offices are in states where women have low social, economic, and political status. Using cross-national data on developing sta…
Gender Equality and Public Policy
Gender-Trait and Ethnic Biases in Russian Regions
Under what conditions are voters likely to invoke gender-trait stereotypes and ethnic biases when they evaluate the performance of local political leaders? We test arguments from role congruity and social identity theories and employ intersectional analysis to explore voter reliance on gender-trait stereotypes and ethnic biases across four diverse Russian regions. We find that the structure of the regional economy matters for the reduction of gen…
Ethnicity and voters’ evaluations of political leadership
This paper presents an experimental test of ethnic-based bias in citizens’ evaluation of a political leader’s decision-making across three multi-ethnic regions of the Russian Federation (Sakha, Buryatia, and Tatarstan) and one mono-ethnic region (Arkhangel’sk Oblast). With variations in the intensity of ethnic loyalties, degree of titular ethnic group assimilation, and differences in an ethnic division of labor, Russian regions present an interes…
Gender and local executive office in regional Russia
We employ a political ambition framework to study women’s under-representation in Russian local politics. We conduct a survey of current heads of municipal districts and municipal urban and rural settlements in four regions of the Russian Federation. The study reveals gendered pathways to local leadership positions. The advantage of incumbency is fully used by male politicians: male incumbents are more likely than female incumbents to run for re-…
An Experimental Test of Mail Surveys as a Tool for Social Inquiry in Russia
We present an experiment conducted in Russia testing the effectiveness of mail surveys for collecting social scientific data. Our primary focus is on testing the social exchange and economic exchange theories of mail survey participation. In addition, we randomly vary several conditions which were found to impact mail response rates in Western studies. Our findings confirm the effectiveness of the social exchange model in a non-Western context. F…
Does reputation matter for states' compliance with international treaties? States enforcement of anti-trafficking norms
How and under what conditions do states initiate reforms and comply with international agreements to combat human trafficking? This paper focuses on the post-communist states' compliance with anti-trafficking norms. The first finding demonstrates the importance of female members of parliament in promoting states' compliance with anti-trafficking requirements. The second finding reveals the importance of states' international position and aspirati…
Policy Experiment in Russia
Population decline in modern day Russia is alarmingly steep: Russia loses approximately 750 thousand people each year. To combat population decline, the Russian government instituted aggressive pro-natalist policies. The paper evaluates the capacity of new policies to change women's reproductive behavior using a socio-institutionalist theoretical framework, which analyzes the gendered interaction between the states, the labor market, and family. …
States’ Compliance with International Requirements
The article explores government compliance with international pressures measured as policy adoption and institutional reform. The findings reveal that government compliance is determined by the domestic political system and depends on the configuration of political actors mobilized in support of reform. Legislative reform is facilitated by a strong women’s movement and mobilized female parliamentarians. Institutional reform depends on the strengt…
Enlarging the Club
Teaching with Lecture or Debate? Testing the Effectiveness of Traditional versus Active Learning Methods of Instruction
Lecture is, arguably, the oldest known instructional technique used in the university setting. Since it was first employed in Plato's Academy, lecture has become an indispensable part of teaching favored across the college and university curriculum. Recently, this time-honored method of instruction has come under attack for its presumed inability to foster higher order cognitive and attitudinal goals (Cashin 1985; Day 1980; Frederick 1999; Renner…
When Do States Comply with International Treaties? Policies on Violence against Women in Post-Communist Countries
There is growing evidence that states' formal ratification of international human rights treaties does not generate changes in states' domestic human rights practice. This article proposes to investigate a gap between states' formal commitments to international laws and their domestic practice by careful differentiation of mechanisms of social influence: coercion, persuasion, and acculturation. It is argued that each mechanism has profound implic…
In support of mothers’ employment
This article compares 11 Western European countries with respect to public policies that promote the employment of mothers: maternity and parental leave, childcare provisions and family‐related tax credits and allowances. The goal of this analysis is to characterise trends in the development of these policies from the mid‐1980s to the present and identify the degree of policy convergence in this area of social policy. The process of convergence i…
When Do States Comply with International Treaties? Policies on Violence against Women in Post-Communist Countries
There is growing evidence that states' formal ratification of international human rights treaties does not generate changes in states' domestic human rights practice. This article proposes to investigate a gap between states' formal commitments to international laws and their domestic practice by careful differentiation of mechanisms of social influence: coercion, persuasion, and acculturation. It is argued that each mechanism has profound implic…
States’ Compliance with International Requirements
The article explores government compliance with international pressures measured as policy adoption and institutional reform. The findings reveal that government compliance is determined by the domestic political system and depends on the configuration of political actors mobilized in support of reform. Legislative reform is facilitated by a strong women’s movement and mobilized female parliamentarians. Institutional reform depends on the strengt…
Policy Experiment in Russia
Population decline in modern day Russia is alarmingly steep: Russia loses approximately 750 thousand people each year. To combat population decline, the Russian government instituted aggressive pro-natalist policies. The paper evaluates the capacity of new policies to change women's reproductive behavior using a socio-institutionalist theoretical framework, which analyzes the gendered interaction between the states, the labor market, and family. …
Does reputation matter for states' compliance with international treaties? States enforcement of anti-trafficking norms
How and under what conditions do states initiate reforms and comply with international agreements to combat human trafficking? This paper focuses on the post-communist states' compliance with anti-trafficking norms. The first finding demonstrates the importance of female members of parliament in promoting states' compliance with anti-trafficking requirements. The second finding reveals the importance of states' international position and aspirati…
Enlarging the Club
Teaching with Lecture or Debate? Testing the Effectiveness of Traditional versus Active Learning Methods of Instruction
Lecture is, arguably, the oldest known instructional technique used in the university setting. Since it was first employed in Plato's Academy, lecture has become an indispensable part of teaching favored across the college and university curriculum. Recently, this time-honored method of instruction has come under attack for its presumed inability to foster higher order cognitive and attitudinal goals (Cashin 1985; Day 1980; Frederick 1999; Renner…
Ethnicity and voters’ evaluations of political leadership
This paper presents an experimental test of ethnic-based bias in citizens’ evaluation of a political leader’s decision-making across three multi-ethnic regions of the Russian Federation (Sakha, Buryatia, and Tatarstan) and one mono-ethnic region (Arkhangel’sk Oblast). With variations in the intensity of ethnic loyalties, degree of titular ethnic group assimilation, and differences in an ethnic division of labor, Russian regions present an interes…
In support of mothers’ employment
This article compares 11 Western European countries with respect to public policies that promote the employment of mothers: maternity and parental leave, childcare provisions and family‐related tax credits and allowances. The goal of this analysis is to characterise trends in the development of these policies from the mid‐1980s to the present and identify the degree of policy convergence in this area of social policy. The process of convergence i…
International socialization, international politics, and the spread of state bureaucracies for women’s advancement
Since 1975, almost every country in the world has formed a bureaucracy on gender equality. By 2018, more than 160 states had established offices for women’s advancement either at low (office within a ministry) or high (e.g., ministry) levels of government. Such institutional proliferation is puzzling because many of these offices are in states where women have low social, economic, and political status. Using cross-national data on developing sta…
Gender-Trait and Ethnic Biases in Russian Regions
Under what conditions are voters likely to invoke gender-trait stereotypes and ethnic biases when they evaluate the performance of local political leaders? We test arguments from role congruity and social identity theories and employ intersectional analysis to explore voter reliance on gender-trait stereotypes and ethnic biases across four diverse Russian regions. We find that the structure of the regional economy matters for the reduction of gen…
Gender and local executive office in regional Russia
We employ a political ambition framework to study women’s under-representation in Russian local politics. We conduct a survey of current heads of municipal districts and municipal urban and rural settlements in four regions of the Russian Federation. The study reveals gendered pathways to local leadership positions. The advantage of incumbency is fully used by male politicians: male incumbents are more likely than female incumbents to run for re-…
An Experimental Test of Mail Surveys as a Tool for Social Inquiry in Russia
We present an experiment conducted in Russia testing the effectiveness of mail surveys for collecting social scientific data. Our primary focus is on testing the social exchange and economic exchange theories of mail survey participation. In addition, we randomly vary several conditions which were found to impact mail response rates in Western studies. Our findings confirm the effectiveness of the social exchange model in a non-Western context. F…
Gender Equality and Public Policy
In support of mothers’ employment
This article compares 11 Western European countries with respect to public policies that promote the employment of mothers: maternity and parental leave, childcare provisions and family‐related tax credits and allowances. The goal of this analysis is to characterise trends in the development of these policies from the mid‐1980s to the present and identify the degree of policy convergence in this area of social policy. The process of convergence i…
When Do States Comply with International Treaties? Policies on Violence against Women in Post-Communist Countries
There is growing evidence that states' formal ratification of international human rights treaties does not generate changes in states' domestic human rights practice. This article proposes to investigate a gap between states' formal commitments to international laws and their domestic practice by careful differentiation of mechanisms of social influence: coercion, persuasion, and acculturation. It is argued that each mechanism has profound implic…
Teaching with Lecture or Debate? Testing the Effectiveness of Traditional versus Active Learning Methods of Instruction
Lecture is, arguably, the oldest known instructional technique used in the university setting. Since it was first employed in Plato's Academy, lecture has become an indispensable part of teaching favored across the college and university curriculum. Recently, this time-honored method of instruction has come under attack for its presumed inability to foster higher order cognitive and attitudinal goals (Cashin 1985; Day 1980; Frederick 1999; Renner…
Enlarging the Club
States’ Compliance with International Requirements
The article explores government compliance with international pressures measured as policy adoption and institutional reform. The findings reveal that government compliance is determined by the domestic political system and depends on the configuration of political actors mobilized in support of reform. Legislative reform is facilitated by a strong women’s movement and mobilized female parliamentarians. Institutional reform depends on the strengt…
Does reputation matter for states' compliance with international treaties? States enforcement of anti-trafficking norms
How and under what conditions do states initiate reforms and comply with international agreements to combat human trafficking? This paper focuses on the post-communist states' compliance with anti-trafficking norms. The first finding demonstrates the importance of female members of parliament in promoting states' compliance with anti-trafficking requirements. The second finding reveals the importance of states' international position and aspirati…
Policy Experiment in Russia
Population decline in modern day Russia is alarmingly steep: Russia loses approximately 750 thousand people each year. To combat population decline, the Russian government instituted aggressive pro-natalist policies. The paper evaluates the capacity of new policies to change women's reproductive behavior using a socio-institutionalist theoretical framework, which analyzes the gendered interaction between the states, the labor market, and family. …
An Experimental Test of Mail Surveys as a Tool for Social Inquiry in Russia
We present an experiment conducted in Russia testing the effectiveness of mail surveys for collecting social scientific data. Our primary focus is on testing the social exchange and economic exchange theories of mail survey participation. In addition, we randomly vary several conditions which were found to impact mail response rates in Western studies. Our findings confirm the effectiveness of the social exchange model in a non-Western context. F…
Gender and local executive office in regional Russia
We employ a political ambition framework to study women’s under-representation in Russian local politics. We conduct a survey of current heads of municipal districts and municipal urban and rural settlements in four regions of the Russian Federation. The study reveals gendered pathways to local leadership positions. The advantage of incumbency is fully used by male politicians: male incumbents are more likely than female incumbents to run for re-…
Ethnicity and voters’ evaluations of political leadership
This paper presents an experimental test of ethnic-based bias in citizens’ evaluation of a political leader’s decision-making across three multi-ethnic regions of the Russian Federation (Sakha, Buryatia, and Tatarstan) and one mono-ethnic region (Arkhangel’sk Oblast). With variations in the intensity of ethnic loyalties, degree of titular ethnic group assimilation, and differences in an ethnic division of labor, Russian regions present an interes…
International socialization, international politics, and the spread of state bureaucracies for women’s advancement
Since 1975, almost every country in the world has formed a bureaucracy on gender equality. By 2018, more than 160 states had established offices for women’s advancement either at low (office within a ministry) or high (e.g., ministry) levels of government. Such institutional proliferation is puzzling because many of these offices are in states where women have low social, economic, and political status. Using cross-national data on developing sta…
Gender Equality and Public Policy
Gender-Trait and Ethnic Biases in Russian Regions
Under what conditions are voters likely to invoke gender-trait stereotypes and ethnic biases when they evaluate the performance of local political leaders? We test arguments from role congruity and social identity theories and employ intersectional analysis to explore voter reliance on gender-trait stereotypes and ethnic biases across four diverse Russian regions. We find that the structure of the regional economy matters for the reduction of gen…
Dominant party and co-ethnic vote in Russia’s ethnic republics
This study provides the first empirical evidence of ethnic identity bias in the context of the dominant-party authoritarian electoral system in Russia’s multi-ethnic republics. I run vote-choice survey experiments in Tatarstan, Buryatia, and Sakha, in which the respondents choose between the dominant United Russia candidate and a system-opposition A Just Russia candidate. First, I find that the party vote in previous elections is the best predict…
Political science (13 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)