Denmark. His research interests include political recruitment, political leadership, and local elections. His work has been published in journals such as Local Government Studies,

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T he literature on the descriptive representation of women in parliaments is voluminous, and most studies focus on different levels of women's representation across legislatures (e.g.women in parliaments is counted across the globe, and explanations as to what facilitates and hinders the election of female politicians are sought. At a macro level, PR systems, high district magnitudes, and, of course, gender quotas are some of the institutional mechanisms that have been identified as advantageous for women's ambitions to conquer seats in legislatures. These aspects of the electoral system have also drawn We thank the editor and three anonymous reviewers for helpful advice. We also benefitted from discussions at the 2011 ECPR Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland, where an earlier version of the paper was presented.

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