01436pab a2200193 454500 180718b2009 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Bhavnani, Rikhil R. Do electoral quotas work after they are withdrawn? Evidence from a natural experiment in India 2009 p.23-35. Feb Do electoral quotas for women after women's chances of winning elections after they are withdrawn?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that reservations work in part by introducing into politics women who are able to win elections after reservations are withdrawn and by allowing parties to learn that women can win elections.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. Elections - India Women in politics - India Women in politics American Political Science Review N 83483 83483 83483 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 103, Issue no: 1 AR83943 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR