Gendered candidate turnover in 14 established parliamentary democracies. Biases in the secret garden of politics. KU Leuven
Unequal candidate turnover might be one of the reasons why full equality in gender representation is often not accomplished, even after the introduction of gender quotas. This research project builds further on my doctoral research on candidate turnover. The key theoretical frame is the demand and supply model of political recruitment. First, this project digs deeper into the questions: Whether candidate turnover is higher for women than for ...