Do Women Representatives Regender Legislative Bureaucracy? Assessing the Effect of Representative Sex on Women's Presence among US Congressional Staff

Wilson, Walter Clark; Carlos, Roberto F.

doi:10.1080/13572334.2013.833392

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“…Although it is related to vertical segregation, it also interacts with horizontal segregation. On the one hand, we observed that there is no clear relationship between the presence of a woman leading a State Secretary and the greater presence of women in the three highest hierarchical levels of the SPC, which goes against the argument of the top-down mechanism (Clark & Felix, 2014;Crowder-Meyer, 2013;Kurtulus & Tomaskovic-Devey, 2012;Matsa & Miller, 2011). It seems that the greater presence of women is more related to whether the agency is a feminized policy area and of low or medium prestige, as we show in Table 3.…”

Section: Horizontal Segregation In Cabinet and Upper Management Posit...mentioning

confidence: 60%

“…Moreover, 118 -Public Admin Dev. 2024;44:118-133. wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/pad © 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. there is evidence of this argument in the United States (Clark & Felix, 2014;Crowder-Meyer, 2013;Matsa & Miller, 2011). However, the argument does not necessarily apply to Latin American countries since efforts to professionalize civil services in the last decade were mainly based on incorporating merit-based competitions for accessing public jobs (Chudnovsky, 2018;IADB, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Gender discrimination and merit‐based selection: A case study of Mexico

Chudnovsky,

Castañeda Farill

2024

Public Admin & Development

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Does the merit‐based selection process help to reduce gender discrimination in public administrations? To answer this question, we conducted an in‐depth case study in Mexico and built two original databases for analysis. First, we measure vertical and horizontal discrimination, and second, we examine merit‐based competitions for access to upper management levels of the Mexican public administration to explore their role in reproducing gender discrimination. We find the existence of both vertical and horizontal segregation, and the analysis of merit‐based competition results shows that women have difficulty winning competitions for the highest hierarchical levels and traditionally male sectors. Based on these findings, we explore the role of merit‐based competitions in reproducing gender discrimination. Finally, we urge for the inclusion of a gender perspective in public service reforms in Latin America.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender discrimination and merit‐based selection: A case study of Mexico

Chudnovsky,

Castañeda Farill

2024

Public Admin & Development

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“…Extant research has shown that interactions between women politicians foster mutual perceptions of loyalty and like‐mindedness (Reyes‐Housholder, 2016). Additionally, women are more likely to share similar interests and policy preferences with other women, and consequently, to be better at implementing the policy agenda of a woman (Funk, Silva, & Escobar‐Lemmon, 2019; Wilson & Carlos, 2014). Thus, women mayors may increase the proportion of women in the local bureaucracy hoping that these shared interests and perceived loyalty will allow them to successfully implement their agenda once in office, which will help them improve their future electoral performance.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Second, exclusion leads women to be more aware of gender disparities and, consequently, to be more oriented to improving the representation of women in local bureaucracies (Funk, Silva, & Escobar‐Lemmon, 2019). Third, women mayors may share policy preferences to a greater extent with women than men and perceive other women as more loyal (Funk, Silva, & Escobar‐Lemmon, 2019; Wilson & Carlos, 2014). Accordingly, women mayors hire more women in order to effectively implement their policy agenda and improve their future electoral performance.…”

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Gendered bureaucracies: Women mayors and the size and composition of local governments

2021

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While women are underrepresented in politics, recent improvements in women's representation in legislative and executive bodies have spurred academic interest in the effects of electing women on a wide array of outcomes. Effects on bureaucracies, however, have received less attention. Do women mayors reform local bureaucracies differently than their men counterparts? We take advantage of rich administrative data from Chile to explore the effects of having a woman mayor on the size and gender composition of municipal bureaucracies. Using a regression discontinuity design in close electoral races, we find that women mayors reduce the size of local bureaucracies while simultaneously increasing the share of women public employees. Our findings thus show that women mayors' approach to bureaucratic reform once in office differs from that of their men counterparts, and contribute to existing research on the consequences of electing women.

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“…Furthermore, the increased presence of women in the Swedish parliament changes policy positions of whole parties, and issues such as gender equality, and social welfare are more prioritised (Wängnerud, 2000). In the US Congress, female representatives hire more women as their congressional staff (Wilson, Carlos, 2014). Other cross-national research shows that in countries with more female MPs, adolescent girls are more likely to discuss politics and to intend to participate in politics as adults (Wolbrecht, Campbell, 2007).…”

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West Side Story in a Post-Communist Parliament: Effect of Gender on Legislative Behaviour of MPs

Hájek

2020

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There is vast evidence that gender influences the legislative behaviour of MPs. Nonetheless, as most of the findings come from Western Europe, one may ask whether such effects take place similarly also in post-communist parliaments. Since the two regions experienced different gender-related history, a negative answer suggests itself. By contrast, this first complex research on the issue conducted in a post-communist country demonstrates the opposite. It employs parliamentary activity of representatives in the Czech Republic between 1993 and 2017 as a research case. Results of the analysis show that although female MPs speak less, they receive more positions in intra-parliamentary bodies than male deputies. Moreover, a majority of committees are far from being gender-neutral as male and female legislators have significantly different chances of becoming their members. Overall, the results suggest that gender influences MPs’ parliamentary behaviour even in post-communist countries, and surprisingly similarly to Western Europe.

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Do Women Representatives Regender Legislative Bureaucracy? Assessing the Effect of Representative Sex on Women's Presence among US Congressional Staff

Cited by 9 publications

References 49 publications

Gender discrimination and merit‐based selection: A case study of Mexico

Gender discrimination and merit‐based selection: A case study of Mexico

Gendered bureaucracies: Women mayors and the size and composition of local governments

West Side Story in a Post-Communist Parliament: Effect of Gender on Legislative Behaviour of MPs

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