01367pab a2200157 454500008004000000100002400040245009900064260000900163300001300172362000800185520090400193650002201097650003001119650002201149773003801171180718b2009   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBhavnani, Rikhil R.  aDo electoral quotas work after they are withdrawn? Evidence from a natural experiment in India  c2009  ap.23-35.  aFeb  aDo electoral quotas for women after women's chances of winning elections after they are withdrawn? I answer this question by examining an unusual natural experiment in India in which randomly chosen seats in local legislatures are set aside for women for one election at a time. Using data from Mumbai, I find that the probability of a woman winning office conditional on the constituency being reserved for women in the previous election is approximately five times the probability of a woman winning office if the constituency had not been reserved for women. I also explore tentative evidence on the mechanisms by which reservations affect women's ability to win elections. The data suggest that reservations work in part by introducing into politics women who are able to win elections after reservations are withdrawn and by allowing parties to learn that women can win elections. - Reproduced.  aElections - India  aWomen in politics - India  aWomen in politics  aAmerican Political Science Review