Journal article
Yves Kläy, Reiner Eichenberger, Marco Portmann, David Stadelmann
British Journal of Political Science, vol. 55(e32), 2025
British Journal of Political Science, vol. 55(e32), 2025
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Kläy, Y., Eichenberger, R., Portmann, M., & Stadelmann, D. (2025). Substantive Representation of Women: An Empirical Analysis. British Journal of Political Science, 55(e32). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123424000528
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Kläy, Yves, Reiner Eichenberger, Marco Portmann, and David Stadelmann. “Substantive Representation of Women: An Empirical Analysis.” British Journal of Political Science 55, no. e32 (2025).
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Kläy, Yves, et al. “Substantive Representation of Women: An Empirical Analysis.” British Journal of Political Science, vol. 55, no. e32, 2025, doi:10.1017/S0007123424000528.
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@article{klaey2025a,
title = {Substantive Representation of Women: An Empirical Analysis},
year = {2025},
issue = {e32},
journal = {British Journal of Political Science},
volume = {55},
doi = {10.1017/S0007123424000528},
author = {Kläy, Yves and Eichenberger, Reiner and Portmann, Marco and Stadelmann, David},
howpublished = {}
}
Abstract
We identify revealed female preferences for legislative proposals to investigate substantive representation. We then aim to analyze whether female or male politicians in parliament are more responsive to revealed female preferences using data on 47,527 decisions made by the universe of 777 Swiss parliamentarians between 1996 and 2022. Holding party and constituent preferences constant, our results show differences in substantive representation of women between female and male politicians for legislative proposals related to social policies. For all policies that are unrelated to social issues, we find that female politicians are not more responsive to female preferences than male politicians. We explore heterogeneity regarding substantive representation related to socialization, historical support for female suffrage, the share of women in political parties, and the electoral system.
We identify revealed female preferences for legislative proposals to investigate substantive representation. We then aim to analyze whether female or male politicians in parliament are more responsive to revealed female preferences using data on 47,527 decisions made by the universe of 777 Swiss parliamentarians between 1996 and 2022. Holding party and constituent preferences constant, our results show differences in substantive representation of women between female and male politicians for legislative proposals related to social policies. For all policies that are unrelated to social issues, we find that female politicians are not more responsive to female preferences than male politicians. We explore heterogeneity regarding substantive representation related to socialization, historical support for female suffrage, the share of women in political parties, and the electoral system.