01315nam a2200157Ia 4500 181130s2018 xx 000 0 und d Pettey, Samantha Female candidate emergence and term limits: a state-level analysis 2018 p.318-329. Jun This study examines term limits to determine the effect they have on female candidate emergence in state legislatures. Initial research finds a negative relationship between term limits and female representation. I offer a candidate-level theory and empirical approach to reevaluate how term limits affect female representation overtime. I argue term limits create an incentive structure that favors female candidates since the incumbency advantage is lessened. To test this theory, I set up a quasi-natural experiment with term limits as the treatment in a difference-in-differences test. Furthermore, I also run logistical regression analysis using candidate-level data from all fifty states from 1990 to 2000. I find women are more likely to run for office in open seats created by term limits. Last, this pattern holds for both Republican and Democratic female candidates. - Reproduced. Women in politics Political Research Quarterly Women in politics 506825 506825 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-12-07 71(2), Jun, 2018: p.318-329. AR118620 2018-12-07 2018-12-07 AR