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Gender stereotypes in politics: what changes when a woman becomes the local political leader?

Arvate, Paulo Roberto; Firpo, Sergio Pinheiro; Pieri, Renan Gomes de
2014-02-12

This study documents how the presence of a woman in an executive political role affects the gender stereotype of women in politics. We use Brazilian electoral data and restrict our focus to close mayoral races (using an ...