Corruption, gender, and elections: the presence of female candidates on party lists after corruption scandals in Chile and Uruguay

Emily Elia

Chapter 15 in Handbook on Gender and Corruption in Democracies, 2024, pp 173-189 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Many voters perceive women politicians to be less corrupt than men, and recent work finds that political parties run more women candidates when corruption is salient, such as after a scandal. Using data on candidate lists and national-level corruption scandals in Chile and Uruguay, I test if women candidates are more prevalent and if they perform better electorally during scandal-ridden election years. I find that scandalized parties do not increase the proportion of women on their lists, but non-scandalized parties do, which suggests that this feminization strategy is utilized more by “innocent” parties. I also find that women in Chile do not win more personal votes after a scandal, but women in Uruguay are associated with higher party list rankings post-scandal. These findings reveal that the use of the feminization strategy after corruption scandals is context-dependent, and parties feminize their lists differently depending on their own involvement with corruption.

Keywords: Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy Sustainable Development Goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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