Gender and Family Ties in Latin American Legislatures

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ID6355000
AuthorsLeslie A Schwindt-Bayer (0000-0003-1794-7893), Leslie A Schwindt‐bayer (Rice University), Agustín Vallejo (0000-0001-9608-7507, University of Houston), Francisco Cantú (0000-0002-5189-8207, University of Houston)
Year2022
Volume18
Issue1
Pages158-182
Publication date2022-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitics & Gender (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1743-923X • E-ISSN: 1743-9248
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1743923x20000288
OpenAlexW3096526252
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited36

Are women disproportionately more likely than men to have family ties in politics? We study this question in Latin America, where legacies have been historically common, and we focus specifically on legislatures, where women's representation has increased dramatically in many countries. We hypothesize that, counter to conventional wisdom, women should be no more likely than men to have ties to political families. However, this may vary across legislatures with and without gender quotas. Our empirical analysis uses data from the Parliamentary Elites of Latin America survey. We find more gender similarities than differences in legislators’ patterns of family ties both today and over the past 20 years. We also find that women are more likely to have family ties than men in legislatures without gender quotas, whereas this difference disappears in legislatures with quotas

Demographic economics · Economics · Family ties · Genealogy · Latin Americans · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Survey data collection · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · History · Law

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