Candidate sex, corruption and vote choice

Foulon, Carmen Le; Reyes-Housholder, Catherine

doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2020.102270

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“…In such contexts, corruption bears minimal risks to the perpetrator, which makes gender differences in risk aversion less relevant. Our findings are consistent with evidence from Latin America where citizens expect men and women politicians to be equally corrupt (Le Foulon and Reyes-Housholder, 2021; Schwindt-Bayer et al, 2018). They are also consistent with the broader literature, which focuses on politicians rather than bureaucrats, and suggests that the corruption-reducing role of women is only effective in high-accountability environments (Esarey and Schwindt-Bayer, 2018; Armstrong et al, 2022; Barnes and Beaulieu, 2014, 2019).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

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Women bureaucrats and petty corruption. Experimental evidence from Ghana

Brierley

Pereira

2023

Research & Politics

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More women in public institutions are correlated with lower levels of corruption. However, this relationship is thought to be context specific, and the mechanisms that underlie it remain unclear. We conduct two survey experiments to investigate whether and why end-users expect women bureaucrats to be less corrupt in Ghana. Our results show that citizens do not expect women bureaucrats to be less likely to solicit bribes than men. This result holds across bureaucrats with different levels of experience in the public sector and respondents who have and have not paid a bribe. Our second experiment shows that citizens expect men and women bureaucrats to distribute equal shares of their salaries with their extended families. We argue that equality in financial pressures explains why bribe-taking rates may be similar across genders. Our results cast doubt on the idea that women bureaucrats will reduce petty corruption in countries where corruption is pervasive.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Women bureaucrats and petty corruption. Experimental evidence from Ghana

Brierley

Pereira

2023

Research & Politics

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“…In the Chilean case, the spontaneous aggregation of these demands under the umbrella concept of “dignity” may have tilted the balance in favor of feminine leadership (ChileVisión Noticias 2019). Although distinct from compassion issues, corruption may have a similar effect on societal demand for new female leaders and feminine leadership (Le Foulon and Reyes-Housholder 2021).…”

Section: Shared Grievancesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unpacking the Gendered Consequences of Protest-Driven Crises

Reyes-Housholder

Suárez-Cao

Foulon³

2023

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Citizen protests are common political phenomena, ranging in size, kind, and impact. This essay focuses on a unique kind of citizen protest that reaches a crisis threshold: massive uprisings accompanied by violence and system-level critiques, expressed in phrases such as “It is not 30 cents, it is 30 years,” used by protesters in Chile in 2019–20. Crises meeting this definition have occurred in countries as diverse as Iceland in 2009, Hong Kong in 2019, Chile, and Colombia in 2019–21. In contrast with economic crises (Strolovitch 2013), protesters—not necessarily elites—perform the discursive work of (re)interpreting material and political conditions. Protesters’ framing of their grievances may overwhelm elite attempts to reinterpret these crises for their benefit. We argue that protest-driven crises can alter gendered opportunity structures, but outcomes are likely multifaceted and potentially contradictory.

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“…Considering the limited cultural and institutional settings of empirical studies, one should not assume that the patterns observed there can easily travel to other contexts. In a series of cross-country comparisons in Latin America, Le Foulon and Reyes-Householder (2021) show different outcomes in voters’ gendered political preferences across countries according to the local level of corruption. While voters punish female politicians less severely for corruption in comparison with men in Uruguay, similar evidence is not found in other countries such as Argentina and Chile, where corruption is more widespread.…”

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The Perks of Being Female: Gender Stereotypes and Voters’ Preferences in Brazil

Lucciola¹

2022

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Do voters rely on gendered stereotypes when evaluating candidates in Brazil? The literature shows that gendered stereotypes about politicians can result in women being consistently judged as unfit for office. This article investigates the influence of gendered stereotypes on voters’ preferences in a context that combines severe female underrepresentation and incentives for voters to rely on politicians’ personal attributes. In two survey experiments, I identify the gendered stereotypes of politicians in Brazil and estimate how they influence voters’ behavior toward hypothetical candidates who do or do not comply with those stereotypes. The findings suggest that voters hold positive stereotypes of women and a broad pro-female bias.

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Candidate sex, corruption and vote choice

Cited by 7 publications

References 28 publications

Women bureaucrats and petty corruption. Experimental evidence from Ghana

Women bureaucrats and petty corruption. Experimental evidence from Ghana

Unpacking the Gendered Consequences of Protest-Driven Crises

The Perks of Being Female: Gender Stereotypes and Voters’ Preferences in Brazil

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