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Roseanna Michelle Heath, Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer, Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson, Women on the Sidelines: Women's Representation on Committees in Latin American Legislatures, American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 49, No. 2 (Apr., 2005), pp. 420-436
Heath et al. (Fri,) studied this question.