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Association: Name: Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/
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Rashkova, Ekaterina. "Women in High-level Politics: The Role of Democratic Maturity in Closing the Gender Gap" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, <Not Available>. 2009-11-10 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p361226_index.html>

Rashkova, E. "Women in High-level Politics: The Role of Democratic Maturity in Closing the Gender Gap" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL <Not Available>. 2009-11-10 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p361226_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Gender inequality is a known phenomenon in many spheres in life; yet, it is especially conspicuous in high-level governmental positions. Men tend to get elected more and more often, to posts of vast political importance. In comparison to established democratic countries, the gender gap in high-level political positions is larger in developing democracies. Theory suggests however, that gender inequality is reduced by democracy. If true, this would indicate that we should see a closing of the gender gap as democratic countries mature. Further, if such a relationship does not exist, this would suggest that factors other than democracy are at play when it comes to choosing between a man or a woman for a high-level office. We test the hypothesis that democracy decreases gender inequality on data collected from developed and developing countries from Europe and Latin America. The results confirm the theory, and further suggest that the number of women in legislature, and the level of female economic activity, have a positive effect on decreasing the gender gap. Finally, wage inequality shows to adversely affect the number of women appointed to cabinet, however the result barely reaches statistical significance.

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