Confident and cautious candidates
Explaining under‐representation of women in Danish municipal politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6257271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Dahl (0000-0003-0888-7323, Department of Political Science University of Copenhagen Denmark, corresponding author), Jacob Nyrup (0000-0001-6368-441X, Nuffield College University of Oxford UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 199-224 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Political Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4130 • E-ISSN: 1475-6765 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1475-6765.12396 |
| OpenAlex | W3013012275 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 60 |
Why are women under‐represented even in democratic and egalitarian countries? Previous research considers either demand‐side or supply‐side explanations. We integrate both perspectives in a least‐likely case for the under‐representation of women, namely the municipal councils in Denmark. The data stems from a candidate choice conjoint experiment, a survey among potential candidates, and data on the actual pool of nominated candidates. On the voter demand‐side, we show that there is no pro‐male bias in general or in combination with other candidate traits nor that traits evaluated positively by voters appear more frequently among actual male candidates. On the supply‐side, we find that women are less likely to be interested in running for political office. This is primarily because women assess their own political qualifications significantly lower than men. The under‐supply of female candidates seem to drive the disparity suggesting that we should focus more on supply‐side factors to overcome the gender imbalance
Danish · Demand side · Democracy · Demographic economics · Economics · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Representation (politics · Supply side · Survey data collection · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law
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| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |