Giulia Savio - Univeristy of Turin, AXA Research Lab on Gender Equality, Università Bocconi
This paper suggests a new channel to explain female disadvantage in electoral success related to politicians’ ability to attract voters from opponent parties in open-list electoral systems.
While female and male politicians are equally likely to get support from their party's supporters, male politicians are more successful in persuading voters from competing parties.
Motivated by several mechanisms, these findings bring salient policy implications concerning the impact of electoral systems on female representation.
