caa a22 4500 475840437 CHVBK 20180406123900.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005198906982 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005198906982 Gender Bias and Selection Bias in House Elections [Elektronische Daten] [Jeffrey Milyo, Samantha Schosberg] We demonstrate that female incumbents areof higher average candidate quality than maleincumbents. This quality difference is the result ofbarriers to entry faced by potential femalecandidates, although the observed effects of thisquality differential on vote share are partiallymasked by the fact that female incumbents are alsomore likely to be opposed or to be opposed by highquality challengers. Using data from House electionsfor 1984-1992, we estimate that the gender-baseddifferential in candidate quality yields an extra sixpercentage points of vote share for femaleincumbents. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Milyo Jeffrey Department of Economics, Tufts University, 02155, Medford, MA, U.S.A. aut Schosberg Samantha Department of Economics, Tufts University, 02155, Medford, MA, U.S.A. aut Public Choice Kluwer Academic Publishers 105/1-2(2000-10-01), 41-59 0048-5829 105:1-2<41 2000 105 11127 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005198906982 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005198906982 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Milyo Jeffrey Department of Economics, Tufts University, 02155, Medford, MA, U.S.A aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schosberg Samantha Department of Economics, Tufts University, 02155, Medford, MA, U.S.A aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Public Choice Kluwer Academic Publishers 105/1-2(2000-10-01), 41-59 0048-5829 105:1-2<41 2000 105 11127 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer