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QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
Volume 124, Issue 4, Pages 1497-1540Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2009.124.4.1497
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We exploit random assignment of gender quotas for leadership positions on Indian village councils to show that prior exposure to a female leader is associated with electoral gains for women. After ten years of quotas, women are more likely to stand for, and win, elected positions in councils required to have a female chief councilor in the previous two elections. We provide experimental and survey evidence on one channel of influence-changes in voter attitudes. Prior exposure to a female chief councilor improves perceptions of female leader effectiveness and weakens stereotypes about gender roles in the public and domestic spheres.
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