Political dynasties, term limits and female political representation: Evidence from the Philippines

Julien Labonne; Sahar Parsa; Pablo Querubin

doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2020.12.001

Political dynasties, term limits and female political representation: Evidence from the Philippines

Julien Labonne, Sahar Parsa, Pablo Querubin

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Abstract

We investigate the effect of term limits on female political representation. Using data from Philippine municipalities where strict term limits have been in place since 1987, we show that term limits led to a large increase in the number of women running and winning in mayoral elections. However, we show that this increase is entirely driven by female relatives of the term-limited incumbents. We further show that the differential gender impact of this policy is driven by political dynasties’ adaptive strategies to stay in power.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	212-228
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Volume	182
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.12.001
State	Published - Feb 2021

Keywords

Dynasties
Elections
Female representation
Term-limits

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Economics and Econometrics
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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