Women in politics are less risk averse than men

Magalhães, Pedro and Pereira, Miguel ORCID: 0000-0001-6621-9863 (2024) Women in politics are less risk averse than men. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (18 Sep 2024). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Women are often assumed to be more risk averse than men, but is this also true of politicians? Drawing on a study of candidates in Portuguese elections, Pedro C. Magalhães and Miguel M. Pereira find that women standing for election tend to be substantially more willing to take risks than the men running against them.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	European Institute
Subjects:	J Political Science > JC Political theory H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Date Deposited:	14 Oct 2024 14:33
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2024 05:54
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/125734

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