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100			_aStockemer, Daniel
245			_aFederalism and women's representation: do federations have more women legislators than centralized states?
260			_c2015
300			_ap.605-625.
362			_aFall
520			_aDo national federations foster or inhibit womenﾒs representation? In this article, we compare national legislative representation by women in federations and in centralized states. We analyze womenﾒs parliamentary representation for all democracies between 1995 and 2010. Descriptive statistics and multivariate regression analyses, in which we control for quotas, a countryﾒs type of electoral system, development level, the year the first woman was elected to parliament, the proportion of women in the workforce, and year of election, support the notion that federal states have approximately four percentage points more female legislators than do centralized states. In addition, our results indicate that federations have an indirect positive impact on womenﾒs representation: first, they facilitate the adoption of gender quotas; second, they allow women to enter parliament earlier than unitary states. - Rep
650			_aLegislatures
650			_aWomen in politics
650			_aFederalism
700			_aTremblay, Manon
773			_aPublius: the Journal of Federalism
909			_a109549
999			_c109544 _d109544