The Power of Political Voice: Women's Political Representation and Crime in India
利用印度各邦政治改革的时间差异，发现地方议会中女性代表比例提高显著增加了针对女性的已记录犯罪，这主要源于报案增加而非犯罪率上升。
Using state-level variation in the timing of political reforms, we find that an increase in female representation in local government induces a large and significant rise in documented crimes against women in India. Our evidence suggests that this increase is good news, driven primarily by greater reporting rather than greater incidence of such crimes. In contrast, we find no increase in crimes against men or in gender-neutral crimes. We also examine the effectiveness of alternative forms of political representation. Large scale membership of women in local councils affects crime against them more than their presence in higher-level leadership positions.