Political Science, Department of
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
2022
Citation
Political Science Research and Methods (2022) 10: 1–17
doi: 10.1017/psrm.2020.54
Abstract
We argue that a country’s international security context influences individual bias against female leaders and propose three mechanisms: by increasing individual demand for defense, by shaping individual ideo-logical orientations, and by increasing society’s level of militarization. Using survey data of more than 200,000 individuals in 84 countries, we show the more hostile the country’s security environment, the more individuals are likely to agree that men make better political leaders than do women. We also find support for some of our proposed mechanisms and that the effect of security environments is greater for men than women. Our study presents the first cross-national evidence that the country’s international security envi-ronment correlates with bias against women leaders.
MainData
Kang 2022 PSRM External threat environments readme.rtf (1 kB)
readme
Kang 2022 PSRM External threat environments replication_models.do (13 kB)
replication_models
Kang 2022 PSRM External threat environments results log file.txt (284 kB)
results_log-file
Kang 2022 PSRM External threat environments Supp log file.pdf (755 kB)
results_log-file_PDF
Kang 2022 PSRM External threat environments Supp.dta (646 kB)
Supplemental_Stata_dataset
Kang 2022 PSRM External threat environments threat.dta (366 kB)
threat_Stata_dataset
Kang 2022 PSRM External threat environments supp appendix.pdf (292 kB)
Included in
Defense and Security Studies Commons, Political Theory Commons, Politics and Social Change Commons, Women's Studies Commons
Comments
Copyright © 2022, Cambridge University Press. Published on behalf of the European Political Science Association. Used by permission.