TY - JOUR
T1 - It takes time
T2 - The long-term effects of gender quota
AU - Wauters, B.
AU - Maddens, B.
AU - Put, G.-J.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - We have estimated the changes in parties' behaviour following the introduction of quota regulations in Belgium. We expected to find a curvilinear effect: shortly after the introduction, women candidates would be worse off due to, amongst others, reluctance of the party elite to support women in the electoral contest. But after some time, their situation would improve-we hypothesise-either because parties become more convinced of women's qualities or because of strategic considerations. Our results do show an initial setback followed by a modest increase, but this increase takes longer than we initially assumed.
AB - We have estimated the changes in parties' behaviour following the introduction of quota regulations in Belgium. We expected to find a curvilinear effect: shortly after the introduction, women candidates would be worse off due to, amongst others, reluctance of the party elite to support women in the electoral contest. But after some time, their situation would improve-we hypothesise-either because parties become more convinced of women's qualities or because of strategic considerations. Our results do show an initial setback followed by a modest increase, but this increase takes longer than we initially assumed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84903897096&partnerID=MN8TOARS
U2 - 10.1080/00344893.2013.860911
DO - 10.1080/00344893.2013.860911
M3 - Article
SN - 0034-4893
VL - 50
SP - 143
EP - 159
JO - Representation
JF - Representation
IS - 2
ER -
