Does Local Female Political Representation Empower Women to Run for Higher Office? Evidence from State and National Legislatures in India
利用印度邦议会选举中女性候选人险胜的数据，研究发现每多一位女性赢得邦议会选举，后续国家议会选举中女性候选人数量增加34%，平均得票率提高2.6个百分点，且这一效应主要由新晋女性政治家驱动。
Abstract Does increasing the number of women in career stages that precede high-level positions affect female representation at the top of the career ladder? State legislature elections narrowly won by female candidates in India are exploited to examine the effect of expanding the pipeline of women in local politics on subsequent female representation and success in national legislature elections. For each additional state legislature election won by a woman, there is a 34 percent increase in the number of female candidates contesting in the subsequent national election, and a 2.6 percentage-point increase in the average vote share won per female candidate. This relationship is driven by new female politicians and not by the progression of female state legislators nor by continued candidacy of previous female candidates for the national legislature.